Europe 2020 Forecast
Ever since the Maastricht Treaty went into effect, the world began to speak of Europe as if it were a single entity governed by the European Union. This was never really true. Nevertheless, the world began to take it for granted, though European countries differed in their approach to the bloc.
This was always a tenuous position, more psychological than institutional. We have long regarded the ambiguity in governance to be the Achilles’ heel of Europe’s political arrangements. This was partly because it was difficult to understand and agree on the boundaries of the EU’s authority and that of the nations. …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
