How all-powerful institutions keep Europe in gridlock

The European Union’s ruling bodies have always shamelessly grabbed power to themselves and away from the people – but this has left the bloc stuck

This article is a summary of the second of three lengthy essays about the European Union by the historian Perry Anderson, published in the London Review of Books. A summary of the first has already been published, and we will publish a summary of the final essay in coming weeks.

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