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"European Union stumbles
CHARLES A. KUPCHAN
Nationalism and protectionism surge as countries cope with integration and globalization
Europe's revolutionary experiment in political union is faltering.
In Britain and Poland in the last month, nationalistic parties uneasy with integration into the European Union have scored major advances. The European Union constitution, rejected last year by France and the Netherlands, is dead in the water. Economic nationalism and protectionism are surging. The French, Italian, Spanish and Polish governments recently have taken steps to protect national industries from foreign takeover. On a continent that dreamed of eliminating national borders, hostility toward immigrants -- especially those from Muslim countries -- is causing national boundaries to spring back to life."
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