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June 6, 2011

Ingredients of a Euro Political Union

Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times

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Crisis management is where the European Council has failed. It wasted precious time devising irrelevant policy co-ordination pacts during the winter, while the house was burning. Somebody needs to be in charge to drive the agenda.

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TAGGED: Eurozone, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, European Union, EU

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