Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Europe in Crisis, Henry Chu, LA Times, Nieman Fellow
Henry Chu, London bureau chief at LA Times, to give the 2015 Bernard D. Nossiter '47 Lecture discussing the European Union in crisis, possibly in danger of unraveling.
Lecture Description:
Despite winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012, the European Union is in crisis, and possibly in danger of unraveling. Greece may be expelled from the euro zone, Britain is threatening to withdraw, and fringe groups are on the rise. What lies ahead for a continent that has already sparked two world wars?
- Serious divisions are now cleaving the 28-nation European Union.
- Tensions have risen between countries such as Germany and Greece, and dissatisfaction with the EU is on the rise.
- Separatist and other fringe groups, including far-right political parties, have been making inroads.
Henry Chu is the London bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. He has been a staff writer at the paper since 1990, covering politics, transportation and education before joining the foreign staff in 1998. He has reported from more than 30 countries, including postings in China, Brazil and India. In London, he directs the paper’s coverage of Europe and has written on the euro debt crisis, regional separatism and the recent papal transition. He was part of the teams that won Pulitzer Prizes for the paper’s coverage of the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California and a street shootout in North Hollywood.
