BitNation’s Emergency Refugee Responds to Europe’s Lack of Union

BitNation’s Emergency Refugee Responds to Europe’s Lack of Union

The recent refugee crisis has led many to question the European nations and the role they play within the agreed upon “union.” It would seem that when a time of crisis has come upon such nations, the role they have to play is somewhat questionable and nonparallel to their agreed responsibility as a unified network. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made a comment that highlighted this directly, as he was giving his speech to the European parliament that was addressed by BBC. He opened his speech by admitting the European Union was “not in a good situation. There is a lack....


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