The contagious new mood, visible across the bloc, does not bode well for the future of the Schengen zone but could also threaten the EU’s new asylum and migration pact, finalised this spring after almost a decade of negotiations. /14

Already, national governments are saying it’s not enough,” Engler said. “They want new rules to give them even more control ... Even Germany’s policymakers seem to have concluded it won’t really work.” Perhaps most striking is an EU concerted move to promote offshore processing. /15