 AP Photo Over the past two years, the euro zone's economy has grown by 1.1%. Britain's has only grown by 0.2%. TAGGED: Spain, Eurozone, Europe, UK, Jose Manuel BarrosoRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| However difficult this may be to accept in Scotland, Flanders or Catalonia, it might be wiser to agree to sort out the economic crisis first and then deal with issues of separation, and/or of rearranging national boundaries,... more ›› |
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