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One Crisis Too Many Takes Europe to the Brink

Nationalist and populist forces in EU member states are on the rise.

Police face protesters in Paris on Sept. 18.

Photographer: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Getty Images

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The European Union has had no shortage of wake-up calls over the years.