Passage3 Forthefirsttimeindecades,someofthefundamentalachievementsandtenetsoftheEUareunderthreat.Theseincludethesinglecurrency,openborders,freemovementoflaborandthenotionthatmembershipisforever. Ratherthanrisingtothesechallenges,theEUiscreakingunderthestrain.Its28membersarearguingbitterlyandseemincapableofframingeffectiveresponsestotheircommonproblems. Theseargumentsarealsotakingplaceagainstan ominousbackdrop.LargepartsoftheEUremainsunkinasemi-depressionwithhighunemploymentandunsustainablepublicfinances.TheproblemsofanimplodingMiddleEastarecrowdinginonEurope,intheformofhundredsofthousandsofrefugees.Andthepoliticalfringesareontherise---withthelatestevidencebeingtheelectionofafar-leftEuroscepticcandidatestoleadBritain`sLaborparty. WithasenseofcrisismountingandtheEUunabletorespond,countrieswillbeincreasinglyinclined toactunilaterallyoreven---inthecaseofBritain--leavetheblocaltogether. Therefugeecrisisisalreadythreateningcherishedideasaboutopenborders.Inthepastcoupleofdays,GermanyhasreimposedfrontiercontrolswithAustria---which,inturn,hasimposedcontrolsatitsborderwithHungary,whichitselfisworkingfeverishlytocompleteabarbed-wire fencetoprotectitsfrontierwithnon-EUSerbia.ControlshavebeentightenedontheFrench-Italianborders,whilemigrantscampmiserablyinCalais,hopingtocrosstoEngland. IftheEUsomehowgetsagriponthemigrantcrisis,thesemeasuresmightbenomorethantemporaryexpedients.Butifthepressureofwould-berefugeesheadingforEuroperemainintense,thentemporarymeasurescouldhardenintopermanentcontrols. Questionsmarksoveropenborderswilleasilyshadeintowiderissuesaboutaccesstowelfaresystemsandlabormarkets.ThatisbecauseEUcountriesarerealizingthat—inaborder-freesinglemarket—aunilateralchangeofasylumrules byGermanyhadimplicationsfortheimmigrationpoliciesofallmemberstates.OncemigrantsgetcitizenshipinoneEUcountry,theyhavetherighttomovetoanyother,toworkthereandtoclaimbenefits.Butiffreemovementofpeopleandlaborcomeintoquestion,sodoestheEU`ssinglemarket—itscentralachievement. Therefugeeissuehasforthemoment,overshadowedtheeuro.Buttheproblemsofthesinglecurrencyhavenotgoneaway.Onthecontrary,Greece'sdecisionthissummertoknuckle underandacceptyetanotherausteritypackagehasmadetheEurozonelookincreasinglylikeatrap. EvenGreece,whichisprofoundlyunhappywithlifeintheEurozone,cannotriskleavingforfearofprovokingafinancialandeconomiccrisis.CreditorcountriessuchasGermanyandtheNetherlandsarenotmuchhappier,astheyfeartheyarebeingdraggedintoasystemofpermanentfiscaltransferstowardsthenationsofEurope.Meanwhile,effortstomaketheeuroworkbetter, bypressingaheadwithabankingunion,arestuckinBrussels.Thisdoesnotlooklikeasustainablesituationandtheriskofeurobreak-upwillsurelyreturn. TherefugeeandeurocrisisbearonwhetherBritainwillvotetostayintheEU,whenitholdsareferendumin2016or2017.Untilrecently,theopinionpollslookedpromisingforthepro-EUcamp.ButthemigrantcrisisplaysdirectlyintothemostpotentissuedeployedbythosecampaigningforBritaintoleave-whichisthatmembershipof theEUmeansthattheUKcannotcontrolimmigration.Morebroadly,theBritisharelesslikelytostayinsideanorganizationthatseemstobefailing.Iftheyvotetoleave,thesenseofcrisis withintheEUwouldthenmount--raisingthepossibilityoffurtherdefections. ApartialunravellingandmarginalizationoftheEUstilllooksmorelikelythanafull-scalecollapse.ButevenifanorganizationcalledtheEuropeanUnioncontinuestoexist---runningbuildingsandpayingsalaries---itrisksbecomingincreasinglyirrelevant. Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?
A.The impact of Refugee Crisis in EU. B.The Crisis that Threaten to Unravel the EU C.UK, to Leave or to Stay D.EU Sees the Light at the End of the Tunnel.正确答案B
