Countries like Italy and Spain are turning away from the world, with grave consequences for the European project.
By Moisés Naím
The Atlantic - Nov 29 2013
The collective mood of a nation mired in a prolonged economic recession
shows many of the symptoms of clinical depression: despair, fatalism, an
inability to make decisions, lack of motivation, and irritability. This
is one of the impressions I got from a recent trip to Spain and Italy,
two nations I know well and visit often. While both countries have recently made small strides
on the path to recovery, I nevertheless came away with the strong sense
that their economies are in recession and their societies are in
depression. In the course of my travels, I also felt more than ever
before that Europeans have fallen out of love with Europe—or, more
precisely, with the idea of building a Europe-wide union.
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