Each man, according to Oscar Wilde, kills the thing he loves, and countries can, too. Greece and Portugal, Spain and Ireland, all love the European Union dearly: the first three because membership gave their democrats and their democracies an anchor after decades of postwar dictatorship, all four because European transfers helped them boom. Now, they cling about the neck of the beloved and are likely to drown it in their desperation.
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