The Economist Daily Dispatch: April 8th 2016 — Visa-free travel: Tit for tat Next week the European Commission will discuss whether to start requiring Americans and Canadians to apply for visas before they enter the EU. The aim is to pressure America into adding five EU member states, currently excluded, to the list of nationalities who can enter the…

The Economist Daily Dispatch: April 7th 2016 — The pope and the patriarch: Breaking protocol Next week Pope Francis will visit Lesbos, the epicentre of Europe’s refugee crisis. Patriarch Bartholomew, the Istanbul-based cleric who is “first among equals” in the Eastern Orthodox Church, will join him. The visit was arranged by the Greek Orthodox Church, which is squabbling with…