The EU's Midlife Crisis

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"The EU's Midlife Crisis
[Analaysis] More problems than expected at 50th anniversary

Published 2007-03-26 15:43 (KST)
This Sunday, March 25, the European Union completed 50 years. From a few countries getting together for a common tax in steel and coal exports, today the European Union has become a giant that speaks 23 languages, has 494 million inhabitants and embodies 27 countries, with a few more on the line to enter. Its GDP is the biggest on the planet: US$15.3 trillion. It survived a Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union, the world economic crises of the 1990s, the astonishing growth of the U.S. and China, and the rise of developing countries in the international scene."