COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - The European Union is presenting itself in a "super-awkward and embarrassing" light with its handling of the refugee crisis confronting the bloc, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday.
A crisis rivalling the Balkan wars of the 1990s as Europe's worst since World War Two has polarised and confounded the 28-member EU, which has no effective system to cope with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of poor and desperate people.
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