A series of ‘coups’ across decades allowed European institutions to take more and more power, always undermining the role of nation states and voters

This article is a summary of the first of three lengthy essays about the European Union by the historian Perry Anderson, published in the London Review of Books. We will publish summaries of the other two essays in coming weeks.

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