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The EU has endured a chaotic four years after the UK decided to leave the bloc and the coronavirus pandemic sparked further economic uncertainty. Talks over the EU s response to the global health crisis have led to big rows, but doubt over the bloc s long term future have loomed for years. This was highlighted in 2019 when a study found the majority of Europeans think the EU will fall apart within 20 years. This came despite the same study finding that support for the EU was h
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is a staunch europhile, but the surge of eurosceptic figures in the Netherlands has seen him become a vocal figure in the European Council. As the EU grapples with the pandemic and economic turbulence, Mr Rutte has been critical in debates over the bloc s budget. He was a leading figure demanding that Hungary and Poland abide by a rule of law mechanism, sparking a dispute which turned hostile when the two countries vetoed the budget. Hungarian
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The European economy, much like the rest of the world, took a significant hit during the coronavirus pandemic. The EU was able to start a recovery in July, August and September last year as the bloc s GDP grew by 12.6 percent, its largest uptick since records started in 1995. But in late 2020, this progress was abruptly knocked back as infection rates spiked in some of the EU s most influential countries. Germany and the Netherlands are likely to extend their respective lockdo