{"id":1127647,"date":"2026-08-03T10:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1127647\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:01:16","slug":"low-danube-and-spain-migration-crisis-summer-tests-on-eus-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1127647\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Danube and Spain Migration Crisis Summer Tests on EU&#8217;s Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The summer of extremes is straining unity on two fronts at once. A migration surge presses the southern EU border while record heat and a collapsing Danube test CEE\u2019s economic resilience with blackouts and industrial cuts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visegradinsight.eu\/subscribe-to-visegrad-insight-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"1584\" height=\"396\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Banners-4.jpg\" data- class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38206 size-full lazyload\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Hungary, the Paks nuclear plant \u2013 half the country\u2019s electricity \u2013 has been forced into partial or full shutdown for the first time in decades as water levels hit historic lows; Romania has curtailed reactors covering a fifth of its power, Serbia\u2019s hydro output has plunged to a fraction of capacity, and barges carry only 10\u201340 per cent of normal cargo.<\/p>\n<p>What comes next? 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