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Originally Posted by jonbxx
So who failed here? It sounds like the heads of state are not representing their respective countries interests at the EU Council, and that's a problem...
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Well, I think it’s fair to say that perhaps a year or two from now, when the UK is holding a full public inquiry into the government’s handling of the crisis, the same exercise will not be taking place in the EU ...
We may never know, however I think the beginning of the problem was that the prospect of a grand act of unity was too tempting to pass up, and the member states probably jumped at it without thinking it through too clearly. Once the programme was up and running, seeing as it is outside of the treaties and the usual established processes of the EU, it’s not clear to me what oversight mechanisms might have been available, though the member states ought to have been watching very closely.