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Unfortunately, politicians often prefer cursing 'Brussels' than explaining how it functions — while citizens increasingly demand nice, short and clear decisions. But with 27 EU countries, this is impossible

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Why Europe's interminable compromises are a virtue

Ahead of yet another European summit meeting later this week, EU governments are bickering over migration: countries of destination and countries of arrival are accusing each other, not for the first time, of not doing enough to manage it.

They also disagree on many other issues, such as the 10th round of sanctions against Russia, using frozen Russian assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine or the best way to respond to

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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece is adapted from a recent column in NRC.

Unfortunately, politicians often prefer cursing 'Brussels' than explaining how it functions — while citizens increasingly demand nice, short and clear decisions. But with 27 EU countries, this is impossible

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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece is adapted from a recent column in NRC.

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