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Were the EU a term paper, a lenient professor would likely give it a D+. It does not deserve an F, as it has survived several crises and has embodied the noble attempt to pacify the European continent. The challenge is that no matter how much time and money European leaders put into this effort, the outcome does not look promising. The paper, to use that metaphor again, is not amenable to editing; it needs some fundamental rethinking. The reason is that its causality is faulty.