Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes in his opinion piece that throughout its history, the European Union has found ways to overcome numerous divisions. “More recently, it even passed the biggest test so far, how to save Greece from bankruptcy. But the next challenge, a common European response to the refugee crisis, has caused so much accusations and counter-accusations between the member states, that it has shaken the very foundations of the European Union built on the principle of solidarity between the member states,” Palokaj writes. He further recalls that the principle of solidarity had led to the creation of the EU cohesion policy and as a result, for many years, the most developed countries contributed more to the common budget while the less developed countries benefited more through structural funds,. “The goal of the policy was to reduce the differences in the wellbeing between EU member states”.