Europe’s perilous paths forward
EU leaders like Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande and Jean-Claude Juncker face a daunting task in holding the bloc together amid growing skepticism of Brussels (source: dpa)
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What's inside
- Increasing distrust of Brussels could lead to the EU’s collapse
- Current reactions to this trend are likely to accelerate disintegration
- A new narrative for Europe could hold it together, but that is unlikely in the short term
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