Coronavirus Reveals Cracks in European Unity
... 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 2020, ensured that the UK retained the majority of its financial contributions. Many EU member states have repeatedly sought ...