EU DEAL TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION COLLAPSES

  An EU deal to limit migration from North Africa to Europe collapsed before the ink was dry, as pressure by populist governments and political parties made implementing the deal impossible.
   In truth, the agreement papered over the monumental differences between Europe's two largest powers, France and Germany, and the rest of the EU. The Germans especially are anxious to get some kind of continent-wide agreement that would save the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose coalition is fracturing over the migrant issue. But after the marathon meeting in Brussels, the emptiness of the agreement's major elements became clear.