Opening Pandora’s Box: Nationalism May Trigger EU’s Swift Disintegration
SputnikNews.com
30.05.2015
The “temptation of nationalism” may trigger EU member states to seek independence from Brussels and eventually “repatriate power” to their capitals, dealing a lethal blow to the European Union’s system, Stratfor notes.
According a forecast by Stratfor, a private US intelligence company, a loss of economic prosperity within the EU accompanied by resurgent nationalism and widespread Euroskepticism is likely to prompt some states to “repatriate power” from Brussels to their national capitals, leading to the ultimate collapse of the multi-national organization.
“[T]he European project is in its deepest crisis. The economic turmoil that began in 2009 and produced the Eurozone crisis has awakened nationalist instincts that undermine pan-Europeanism. These centrifugal forces have always been present and, historically, led some members to opt out of certain initiatives. The key difference in 2015, however, is that nations will choose to backpedal on integration — a first in EU history,” Stratfor’s analysts elaborated.
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