If the critics and proponents of European integration can agree on one thing, it is that the European Union has seen better days. “Not only has [Europe] not recovered from its post-2008 cold,” says President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, “beset by multiplying crises, it is now on the verge of developing pneumonia.” The continent’s troubles are not just economic, although a lack of economic growth and chronically high rates of unemployment play an important role in Europe’s overall malaise. The refugee crisis that hit the EU in 2015 has fueled nationalism, has deepened the divisions between member states, …read more
Source: The American Interest
