‘EU is falling apart’ Brussels economist says Merkel’s utopian vision of Europe ‘has died’

Saturday, May 27, 2017
By Paul Martin

A LEADING economist in Brussels has warned that Jean-Claude Juncker and Angela Merkel’s vision of an expanding European project is doomed.

By OLI SMITH
Express.co.uk
Sat, May 27, 2017

Fredrik Erixon, who was voted one of the most influential economists in Europe, has warned Angela Merkel and her Brussels gang cannot stop the end of the European project.

Speaking at an economic conference, the Oxford graduate declared that “the era of an ever-closer union has ended”.

The economist, who has advised the British government in the past, said the hope the election of Emmanuel Macron brought to the EU was misguided.

Leading EU figures such as Mr Juncker and Mrs Merkel has suggested that the French presidential result means that the European project will only get stronger.

However, Mr Erixon said: “Despite the victories of the Dutch Prime Minister and Emmanuel Macron, as much as I like to share their positive view about European cooperation and empowering the EU with more authority, I think the era of an ever-closer union has ended.

“The notion of the ever-closer union has been very, very strong for more than 60 years, but it has died.

“It didn’t end with Brexit nor did it end with Trump’s scepticism about the EU.

“It ended far earlier than that – 15 years ago when France and the Netherlands voted against the constitutional treaty.

“This was an early warning about declining support for anything that suggested a deeper integration.”

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