When Harold Macmillan was asked what caused him the greatest difficulty while he was prime minister of the United Kingdom, he replied simply, “Events.” In the past two years, the events that have proved most difficult for Europe’s political leaders are rooted in the global economic crisis that, like the Great Depression of 1929, began in the United States but swiftly spre (...)
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Continental Divide
Can the European Union Survive?
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