The rise (s) and fall (s) of the European Union - POLITICO
WEBMar 25, 2017 · With the establishment of the European Central Bank, the EU joins the global race to elevate central bankers to the status of pinstripe-wearing Gods. The move follows on the heels of the rise of former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and the Bank of England’s newly granted independence.
EU 'will start collapsing' unless it takes on Polish challenge ...
WEBOct 11, 2021 · The European Union "will start collapsing" unless it challenges a ruling by Poland's top court that national legislation trumps European laws, a senior official with the bloc said on Monday.
What to do about the EU’s relative decline | Reuters
WEBApr 22, 2024 · The European Union will be marginalised if it continues to shrink compared to other parts of the world. Two former Italian prime ministers, Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, are proposing remedies.
The European Union risks a sad, bad future | Reuters
WEB4 days ago · The European Union brought peace and prosperity to a troubled region in the decades following World War Two. ... the private sector’s cost of capital will need to fall by about 2.5 percentage ...
Majority of Europeans think the EU will fall apart within 20 years
WEBMay 17, 2019 · Key Points. Studies showed that levels of support for EU membership are high – but so is pessimism about the future of the bloc. Researchers found that in every member state except Spain, the...
European Union - Wikipedia
WEBThe European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [8] [9] The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 449 million.
Europe’s disunity and lack of trust imperil the continent’s future
WEBAug 29, 2021 · First things first: The Union itself is not facing extinction. The EU has remarkable staying power and the self-interest of its member states means there is no real chance of it falling...
After The Berlin Wall - Council on Foreign Relations
WEBJan 6, 2022 · The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union accelerated the push for deeper European integration, a project that had begun in earnest in the wake of World War II, with...
European Public Opinion Three Decades After the Fall of Communism
WEBOct 15, 2019 · Thirty years ago, a wave of optimism swept across Europe as walls and regimes fell, and long-oppressed publics embraced open societies, open markets and a more united Europe. Three decades later, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that few people in the former Eastern Bloc regret the monumental changes of 1989-1991.
2024 will decide whether the EU thrives or falls apart
WEBDec 12, 2023 · A third of European respondents to a recent in-depth opinion poll believe the EU will fall apart within 20 years, a view echoed by a majority of respondents in China and Saudi Arabia. Closer integration is self-evidently the only strategy that can protect shrinking, ageing Europe’s interests.