Forget about the reports claiming that the European Union is dying. The EU is certainly facing a visceral crisis affecting vital organs such as politics, democracy, finance and the economy. Yes, the rise of extremism, right and left, is taking place throughout the Union. Yes, the EU-27 unemployment level is touching 11 percent of the labor market. Yes, the Union is assisting in the development of a two-speed Europe between the PIGS – Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain – and the North. Yes, the democratic deficit between European citizens and Brussels is widening.
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