Coronavirus Reveals Cracks in European Unity

... 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... ... government debt crisis demonstrated that the reversal of the previous example could be true. Greece, with seemingly criminal energy , forged its financial data to gain entry to... ... 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...