http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/opinion/sunday/how-to-revive-the-promise-of-the-european-union.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=opinion&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Opinion&action=click®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=articleHow to Revive the Promise of the European Union
By THE EDITORIAL BOARDJULY 2, 2016
Far-right politicians in Britain, France and other European countries blame the European Union for all the real and perceived problems of their countries. Many of their arguments are wildly off base, but there is also good evidence that the union urgently needs reform.
The complaints against the E.U. are somewhat different in each of its 28 member nations, but they reflect similar frustrations. Many Britons voted to leave the union because they wanted to restrict immigration from other European countries and to get rid of E.U. regulations. The Five Star Movement in Italy wants the country to leave the euro currency and return to the lira to revive a weak economy. And the French nationalist politician Marine Le Pen said in March that the E.U. was “the death of our economy, our social welfare system and our identity.”
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