{"id":26745,"date":"2017-10-12T07:16:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T12:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26745"},"modified":"2017-10-12T07:16:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T12:16:13","slug":"the-european-union-is-doomed-to-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26745","title":{"rendered":"The European Union Is Doomed to Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The European Union Is Doomed to Fail<\/a><\/h3>\n
How on earth can the European Union unite that which history forced asunder?<\/div>\n
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Have you ever heard of Deutsch Jahrndorf? No? I don\u2019t blame you. The tiny Austrian village, which is situated four miles from the Danube, is utterly unremarkable, except for the fact that it sits on the border of three countries. To the east is Slovakia. To the south lies Hungary. As such, within shouting distance of one another, live three peoples speaking completely unintelligible languages. Austria belongs to the West Germanic language group, Hungary to Finno-Ugric and Slovakia to West Slavic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I thought about the exquisitely rich tapestry of European languages, cultures, customs, and nationalities as I watched the sad spectacle of Spanish riot police and Catalan separatists confronting one another on the streets of Barcelona. How on earth can the European Union unite that which history forced asunder?<\/p>\n

The Folly of the EU<\/strong><\/p>\n

The European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron has recently declared to almost universal acclaim, needs more unity, including the creation of \u201ca eurozone budget managed by a eurozone parliament and a eurozone finance minister\u201d.<\/p>\n

Therein lies the conundrum of European unification. <\/span><\/p>\n

The need for the centralization of power in Brussels is, apparently, the lesson that the EU establishment has learned from the outcome of the British referendum on EU membership. Meanwhile, in Catalonia, millions of people have set their sights on independence from Spain. Foremost among their complaints is that the Catalan budget is influenced by Madrid.<\/p>\n

Independence, the Catalans feel, will rectify a grave injustice occasioned by the French capture of Barcelona in 1714. The conqueror, Duke of Anjou, became the first Bourbon king of Spain under the name of Philip V. His descendant, Philip VI, is on the throne today. In Europe, ancient lineages last as long as ancient resentments.<\/p>\n

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