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  • Multiple crises challenge European Union ahead of summit

    02/14/2016 7:48:01 AM PST · by Olog-hai
    Associated Press ^ | Feb 14, 2016 7:31 AM EST | Gregory Katz
    ... If the European Union were a patient, its survival would be seen as threatened by multiple organ failure. That's the view of many experts as EU chiefs prepare for a Brussels summit that starts Thursday. Analysts believe the combined strain of these challenges may be unbearable for a political union and trading bloc that just 20 years ago seemed to be growing in stature as it proudly offered freedom and democracy - along with lucrative subsidies, military alliances and billions in foreign investment - to newly freed former Soviet satellites. Ian Kearns, director of the European Leadership Network research...