Instead of debating the future of Europe, liberals are content with retreating back to the nation-state

Eiermann, Martin (2012) Instead of debating the future of Europe, liberals are content with retreating back to the nation-state [Online resource]

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Martin Eiermann sees the gloom of the Eurozone crisis clouding out prospects of an integrated Europe. He argues that the crisis has spawned a formidable movement seeking retreat into a compartmentalized world of nation-states. This is dangerous – the political and economic costs of retrenchment are staggeringly high.