EU has reached its ‘lowest point in history’

Report of a speech by Professor Joseph Weiler, Jean Monnet chair at New York University, at the Festival of Europe, Florence, 9 May 2011. He said that despite having achieved peace and prosperity, the European project has reached its 'lowest point in history'.

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