Coronavirus Reveals Cracks in European Unity

... but, truthfully, they have been there from the start and have been widening since then. A History of Discord Ivan Timofeev: COVID-19: Toward New Forms of Social Organisation? A more historic example of discrepancy in unity was the preferential treatment of the United Kingdom in terms of their financial contributions to the EU budget. The so-called “UK Rebate,” active from 1985 to ... ... entry to the EU and its unlimited coffers. Only the impact of the 2009 Global Financial Crisis revealed the scam. The EU with Germany and Merkel at its helm fought tooth and nail to keep Greece solvent and in the union, much to the chagrin of hard-working ...