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In Europe, Obstacles To A More Perfect Union : NPR

In Europe, Obstacles To A More Perfect Union : NPR

"In Europe, Obstacles To A More Perfect Union

by Rob Gifford

July 16, 2010

If you want to understand why the euro is having so many problems, you don't have to look at complex details of fiscal policy or the ups and downs of a united monetary policy.

Just look at soccer.

For the last month, as the World Cup unfolded in South Africa, fans filled the public squares of ancient European capitals.

In the center of Amsterdam on July 11, thousands of people draped in the orange colors of the Dutch soccer team crammed into bars and public squares to watch their team in the World Cup final."

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