The common currency, once portrayed as the start of a quasi-federal Europe, instead created serious tension between “creditor” and “debtor” countries when many debtors faced a protracted economic downturn. Just as Europe seemed finally to be escaping the euro crisis, refugees, especially from Syria, began flooding in.
与此同时，欧元经历了其自己的危机。这一共同货币曾经被描述为准联邦欧洲的开始，但却在许多债务国面临长期经济衰退时在“债权国”和“债务国”之间制造了严重的紧张。欧洲终于眼看就要摆脱欧元危机了，而难民，特别是来自叙利亚的难民却在此时开始涌入欧洲。这破坏了能够自由旅行的申根区，一些人质疑欧盟能否战胜这一压力。