EU BREAKING POINT: Italy, Spain and trade tariffs leave crisis-hit Europe ‘unravelling’
THE European Union is facing a breaking point, according to a leading reporter from the AP, who listed off a series of crises that could trigger the disintegration of the member-state bloc.
By OLI SMITH
Express.co.uk
Sat, Jun 2, 2018
Europe faces an overwhelming number of struggles that could wipe out solidarity inside the bloc, according to Greg Katz, a reporter for the AP.
Speaking on BBC Dateline, the foreign correspondent reeled off a series of crises that threaten the future of the EU.
He noted problems in Hungary, Poland, Italy, Spain, US trade tariffs as well as Brexit as potential breaking points for keeping the European Union together.
Katz had been discussing the political uncertainties in Spain and Italy, the third and fourth-largest economies in the eurozone.
He added: “We have been saying this for 24 months, but we are running out of ways to say EU is in trouble.
“Europe still exists but there is no unifying concept that I can see.
“When I got here twenty years ago, Francois Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl were these giant figures with a vision of European unity.
“Now it’s in such disarray that it doesn’t even matter where you look. We haven’t mentioned the lack of democratic progress and ideals in Poland and Hungary.
“The whole thing seems to be unravelling.”
Concerns surrounding the future of the European Union first escalated when Britain voted to leave the bloc, a process that is still ongoing nearly two years on.
However, since then a rise in eurosceptic leadership has defied the European Union’s rule.
On Friday, Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella swore in an anti-establishment government that looks set to take on the EU over the single currency and budget rules.
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