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Article on Europe, Nationalism and Shared Fate

  • 13-05-2010 2:05am
    #1
    cheesehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 223 ✭✭


    This article seemed fairly straightforward. I was wondering what others thought of it:

    http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100510_europe_nationalism_and_shared_fate?utm_source=GWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100511&utm_content=readmor


    I've seen the following interesting analysis from a long-time EU observer:

    The problem for Europe in coming decades will not be the preservation of the EU; rather, it will be the preservation of the larger nation-states within Europe. The financial crisis in Spain may well accelerate the dissolution of the Spanish state. The Basques will have their homeland and nice museum in Bilbao to boot, and Catalans will go about replacing the dual language signage with great joy. Why would a citizen of Milan want to transfer his wealth to peasants in Calabria? Or Sicily? Italy is two countries now, and all that remains is to demarcate the border. Belgium, Brugge, Bruge, bugga-bugga. Many German Rhinelanders think taking a train trip to Berlin involves crossing the Asian steppe.


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