‘Europe’ comprises 745 million people living on a continent with its mix of cultures, history and philosophies.  Of these, some 510 million currently live in member states of the European Union (or 445 million if ‘Brexit’ is to happen).  

There is no single language, religion or socio-economic model to describe Europe and, for much of its history, it was torn apart by war over the usual things of land, pride, resources, religion or ideology.

So begins Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) director Tom Healy’s latest blog on the future of Europe, in which he argues that the survival of the EU will depend, among other things, on how it manages to bring down youth unemployment and exclusion.

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