Committee to Save Merkel Collapses On Italian Demands In Contentious Meeting
• themaven.net by Mike Mish ShedlockMerkel met with EU leaders this weekend to discuss migration. After agreeing to agree, Italy disrupted the summit.
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Merkel met with EU leaders this weekend to discuss migration. After agreeing to agree, Italy disrupted the summit.
29 SHARES Twitter Facebook Reddit Email Print Two days ago, when we laid out the components of Merkel and Macron's blueprint to reform the EU, we said that while "Macron suggested the proposal will be presented to other countries, with spe
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With Italy's new government once again -
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fantasy democracies
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