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October 22, 2012

Stop Worrying About European Separatism

Tony Barber, The World

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At the risk of being thrown from the ramparts of Edinburgh castle, fed to the lions of Antwerp zoo or drowned in Barcelona harbour, let me venture this thought: separatism is an exaggerated threat to the European state system.

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TAGGED: Catalonia, Spain, Eurozone, European Union, Europe

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