Even more strange is the fact that the British debate about whether to quit the EU (Brexit) seems to have barely factored in the idea that the organisation itself is in crisis. Both sides — pro and anti — are deploying arguments that have hardly changed since the 1990s. The Brexit crowd claims that Europe is proceeding headlong towards a federal state, ignoring the fact that it is in much greater danger of disintegration. The pro-EU camp stresses the virtues of the single market while trying to avert their eyes from the horrible political mess unfolding on the other side of the English Channel.
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