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“Europe destined for the madhouse”: De Pers believes that the EU “is in need of a course of psychotherapy.” The Dutch daily, arguing that Europe is abandoning its values and losing credibility, wonders which EU state should be interned first: Hungary, which has introduced scandalous media and tax laws, Greece where “it is perfectly normal to offer a fakelaki (little cash filled envelope) in exchange for a building permit,” France where “the absolutist Sarkozy increasingly resembles an 18th century despot,” corrupt Italy where it is almost impossible to be an independent journalist, or Belgium which “is no longer really a state, but a chaotic mess.”
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