The EU President’s confrontational approach to EU countries’ policies outside of bureaucratic protocol has alienated both leaders an the public, as Euroskeptic parties gain in the polls. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker claimed that the European Union’s currency, the euro, would make no sense without open borders provided for by the Schengen agreement. The statement... 

Not one, not two, but three passenger ships from Lesbos transferring a total 4,911 illegal immigrants from Mytilene today, sailed for the port of Piraeus. In particular, the “Terra Jet” disembarked 1,702 illegal immigrants at the Piraeus port, the “Blue Star Patmos” 1,980 and the “Blue Star 1” 1,229 (772 from Mytilene and 457 from Chios). By the day’s end, the “Eleftherios Venizelos”... 

In an interview for Austrian daily newspaper Osterreich, Chancellor Werner Faymann defended his country’s decision to accept the refugees ejected from Hungary, saying it was a humanitarian imperative. He also offered harsh words for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the Hungarian government, accusing them of sowing the seeds of chaos. In the interview, published Sunday, the chancellor...