Under far-right pressure, Europe retreats from UN migration pact
The recent wave of European withdrawals was triggered by conservative Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who renounced the pact at the end of October | Sean Gallup/Getty Images Populists seize chance to put favorite issue on agenda ahead of EU vote, causing ructions among governments. A previously obscure 34-page, jargon-filled document is causing political convulsions across Europe…