European summit overwhelmend with challenges and a more uncertain future

Thursday, December 15th 2016 - 10:49 UTC

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Leaders of the European Union meet on Thursday in Brussels for a summit fraught with disputes on how to handle the many crises they face, bar on possibly the biggest rift of all, how to handle Brexit. After a day of talks on migrants, Turkey, Russia, defense in the era of Donald Trump and the Euro zone economy in the age of austerity, leaders will see British Prime Minister Theresa May out and then agree over dinner how to get rid of her for good. Read full article

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Voice
The problem with the EU is... it's never been greater than the sum of its parts...
Dec 15th, 2016 - 11:50 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Anbar
Its never been half as great as the sum of its parts.
Dec 16th, 2016 - 01:14 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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gordo01
The European Union(?) is an enormous “pie in the sky”! After the UK(including Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar) leaves other nations will follow. France? Italy? Greece? Austria?
Dec 16th, 2016 - 08:15 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Bisley
The people running the EU have yet to understand that their dream of a European super-state is dead, and that if they don't reduce their tyrannical control over the internal policies of member states, it will all collapse in the next few years. Promotion of trade is good -- trying to create a West-European version of the USSR is not. The peoples of Europe (at least those who can see what's happening) will not tolerate the destruction of their national sovereignty and cultures.
Dec 16th, 2016 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Briton
They will miss us when we have gone,

We will not miss the EU when it goes,
then all 27 independent countries can start afresh.
Dec 16th, 2016 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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