One notable feature of the wider troubles in the EU is the
resurgence of jingoistic nationalism, as old grievances emerge from the
woodwork, both in the media and in popular opinion. And not just in Britain. One
of my special correspondents has just returned from the Netherlands and Germany,
where the same tendency is also evident. This return to a 19th
century politic of strutting and blaming, combined with the growing pockets of
right-wing extremism in many European countries (ref), is a worrying and toxic
combination.
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