Europe’s Test in North Africa
Europe’s reaction to the historic revolutions in North Africa has vacillated between exhilaration and fear. But if Europe allows itself to be consumed by its fear that waves of refugees will reach its shores, it risks squandering an extraordinary long-term opportunity.
LONDON – Europe’s reaction to the historic revolutions in North Africa has vacillated between exhilaration and fear. The natural instinct to celebrate and support democratization across the Mediterranean has been tempered by concerns that the crisis will spill onto European shores.