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Economist Says European Union On Verge Of Collapse

An economic expert has warned that the European Union is on the brink of breaking up, thus ending the entire European project.  Ian Williams, an economist from New York, told Press TV what he thought of a warning made by European Council President Donald Tusk on the imminent collapse of Europe. Presstv.ir reports: Press TV: Tusk says that European leaders failed to notice that ordinary people, the citizens of Europe, do not share their Euro-enthusiasm. And he also said instead, the masses are pushing towards more of a ‘Euro-skepticism’, your thoughts as to why? Williams: Well, I don’t think that they’re opposed to a united Europe. I think most Europeans are very happy to be part of a Europe where you can travel without … most people have been able to travel without passport and where there is an open boundary. What they are against is the type of dictation by the German Central Bank, which led the Greek crisis. And what we’re now seeing in France is where that the prime minister not at the behest of Europe , I might add, is actually trying to reverse the types of labor reform that the European Union used to stand for. So, [...]