Long live Europe, but which one?

Yahoo Sunday 13th February, 2011

Illustration by Manos Symeonakis By Nick Malkoutzis Europe is dead. Long live Europe. The demise of the political and economic union, as we knew it, became evident at the recent meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels. What is less apparent is which Europe will replace it. A rapidly changing world has forced the once-untroubled Europeans to think again about where their continent is heading and how it will get there. The decisions taken over the next few weeks and months will determine whether a brave new world lies ahead or whether we will be left clutching the remnants of a flawed past.The February 4 summit confirmed that the European project, built on the expectations of decent salaries, respectable retirement ages and an abundance of jobs, mostly in the service sector, has rea...

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