EU

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-15-18
  

  Trump Falsely Claims E.U. Was Formed to ‘Take Advantage’ of U.S. on Trade

  The European Union was created to end strife and promote economic prosperity — with the support, not opposition, of the United States.

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• SOURCE: Express
  6-11-18
  

  ‘EU is weakest world power’ Niall Ferguson says

  The European Union is so poorly prepared for the challenges of the modern world that it may not exist in 10 years time.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  5-24-18
  

  The GDPR Is Just the Latest Example of Europe's Caution on Privacy Rights

  That Outlook Has a Disturbing History

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• SOURCE: New Republic
  1-8-18
  

  What Happened to the European Union?

  by Michael Kimmage

  William Drozdiak's new book charts the tensions that have divided a continent.

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• SOURCE: Express
  12-21-17
  

  "It's a race!" Will the UK or EU collapse first? What Norman Davies thinks.

  “I’m pretty certain that Poland will last longer than the United Kingdom.”

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• 10-15-17
  

  How’s Brexit Going?

  by Luke Reader

  It’s been 6 months since the British began the process of withdrawing from the EU. The signals thus far are not promising.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  3-24-17
  

  E.U. Is Turning 60 and Searching for Something to Celebrate

  Sixty years after the treaty that led to its founding, the European Union is under fundamental stress — divided and divergent, anxious that it no longer represents the future but the past, and that it may be incapable of handling the serious challenges of this already-turbulent century.

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• 10-2-16
  

  How Neoliberalism – Blind Faith in Markets -- Contributed to Brexit

  by Phillip Ther

  The British plebiscite against the EU confirms the fragility of the neoliberal order that emerged in the 1980s.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  5-15-16
  

  Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson compares the EU to Hitler

  He has compared the European Union’s aims to those of Adolf Hitler, arguing that the 28-nation bloc is creating a superstate that mirrors the attempt of the Nazi leader to dominate the European continent.

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• SOURCE: Historians for Britain
  3-15-16 (accessed)
  

  Nameplate historians in Britain are rallying to renegotiate membership in the EU

  They don't believe the EU is responsible for the peace of Europe.

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• 3-13-16
  

  Britain’s EU Referendum: What Is At Stake?

  by Deepak Tripathi

  DeGaulle had his doubts about British enthusiasm for the union. Now we’ll see if he was right.

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• SOURCE: Breitbart
  2-21-16
  

  Scottish Ex-Pat Niall Ferguson: Don’t Be An "Angloony," Stay In EU And Defeat The Ottoman Empire

  He says to opt out of the EU will hurt trade and security.

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• SOURCE: The Telegraph
  1-16-16
  

  Historians for Britain warn against pro-EU scare tactics

  In a letter to the Telegraph, 14 academics and authors including Andrew Roberts say Nato, not the EU, has guaranteed peace in Europe.

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• SOURCE: Hungary Today
  12-10-15
  

  On the Way to Self-Destruction - Historian Mária Schmidt on Europe's Real Troubles - Part I

  by Mária Schmidt

  Nobody can have any doubt anymore about the painful fact that the European Union is desperately lacking in any defense capability of practical use.

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• 7-5-15
  

  Why a Greek No Should Lead to a British Yes

  by Luke Reader

  It has been an extraordinary few hours in Europe. This is what it doesn't mean for the UK.

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• 12-14-14
  

  What's Happened to Europe?

  by Tom Clifford

  Here’s a date to mark for your diaries. April 2017. That month could see Britain hold an in/out referendum on membership of the European Union and France could be set for a National Front president.

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• 6-15-14
  

  The Bright Spot in the Ukraine Crisis Nobody's Noticed

  by Steven Beller and Ian Reifowitz

  If you had to choose between Putin's Russia and the EU, which would you pick?

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• The Historic Agreement to End the Conflict in Kosovo

  by Ian Reifowitz

  Photo credit: Flickr/_Matt_T_After protracted, months-long negotiations, Kosovo and Serbia recently agreed to a compromise on sovereignty and autonomy that would end two decades of conflict. In extinguishing the last embers of war in what was Yugoslavia -- the volatile, ethnically divided nation where the assassination of an Austrian archduke launched World War I, and where civil war throughout the nineties led to ethnic cleansing and other atrocities -- Europe is nearing the end of its long journey to overcome its tribal enmities and build a cohesive, peaceful civilization.

• SOURCE: Radio Free Europe
  3-16-13
  

  Interview: British Historian Timothy Garton Ash On Europe's Future

  British writer and historian Timothy Garton Ash was in Brussels on March 16 to take part in the German Marshall Fund's annual forum of influential North American and European political, corporate, and intellectual leaders to discuss Euro-Atlantic issues. He spoke to RFE/RL correspondent Rikard Jozwiak about the future of Europe. RFE/RL: Does it still make sense for the European Union to push for further eastern enlargement? Timothy Garton Ash: It is essential. Strategically, for the future of the European Union, with a dwindling share of world population and the world economy, and bad demography, certainly in Western Europe, we need further enlargement, including in my view Ukraine and Turkey, which are the two big ones....