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Bill Foster: “I think there is a bigger concern within Europe, especially after the U.K. vote to leave the European Union, that if…”

On the recordMay 17, 2017
I think there is a bigger concern within Europe, especially after the U.K. vote to leave the European Union, that if Greece were to leave, it is showing that the continental system, the political system that they have struggled so hard to build could start to fracture.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster warns that Greece's exit could threaten the stability of the European political system.

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