How Europe's far right is already using the Berlin attack to exploit fears

In recent years Europe has faced some of its most difficult challenges since 1945. An enduring economic crisis that has led totensions between EU member states is tied up with an unpopular austerity-led vision of the continent promoted by Germany. But the refugee crisis is shuffling the cards, and even Berlin isn’t immune from the outcomes of these social and economic phenomena. In the early 2000s, intellectuals such as Jurgen Habermas were suggesting the creation of a postnational, cosmopolit...