The migration crisis and economic problems are threatening both the survival of the European Union and the stability of Eurasia’s entrenched dictatorships, according to an annual report on democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Eurasia. It says the EU’s response to the migration crisis has left the door wide open to those who reject democracy. Renewed nationalism and the erosion of freedom of movement and other fundamental principles are threatening the emergence of democracy. The goal of a Europe ‘whole and free’ has to be updated. The biggest challenge is the spread of xenophobic rhetoric denouncing migrants. Claiming that Europe faces a Muslim invasion has become standard fare for a range of politicians and political parties in Europe, and it undermines a fundamental principle of equality before the law. There is a danger that this kind of hate-filled speech will lead to violence against minorities and refugees.