My latest column is on Europe suffering from a deep malaise.
For the past few months, the words “Europe” and “crisis” have been inseparable companions. First, there was the threat of sovereign debt crises across the European Union. Now there is the spectacle of the most famous footballing nations in Europe floundering at the World Cup: Italy unable to beat New Zealand, England held by Algeria, France humiliated by Mexico.


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