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Several years ago, The Economist said Silvio Berlusconi was “Luxembourg Leaks” or “LuxLeaks” revelations on tax evasion in the Grand Duchy, “in a normal Europe, Jean-Claude Juncker would resign”.
For the Italian weekly, if the former Luxembourgish prime minister —
really holds credibility and maintaining shaky European institutions in his heart, then he should step down. [...] If the person responsible for maintaining the unity of a community of 500 million people has shown himself to be a shrewd manipulator working in the interests of a single nation, everything risks going off the rails. Farewell Maastricht [...] and goodbye to the idea of a Europe based on fairness and solidarity, where a citizen of the Peloponnese and another of Flanders are to feel they hold and share the same rights and duties.
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