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The EU’s stability will again confound its critics
The EU is a careful and evolving balance between national and supranational power, and between technocracy and democracy. That is a source of stability and strength, not of weakness or frailty.
Gideon RachmanColumnistEvery time a crisis hits Europe – whether it is debt, refugees or COVID-19 – the prophets of doom predict the worst for the EU.
At the height of the euro crisis, many suggested that Europe’s single currency would not survive. I was among those who thought the refugee crisis of 2015 could make Brussels irrelevant. The pro-Brexit British press continues to predict the collapse of the EU on an almost weekly basis.
Financial Times
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