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Perturbed EU leaders sign up for 2-speed federalism

EU LEADERS signed up for “two-speed” Eurofederalism in Rome on Saturday, fearing another Brexit on the bloc’s 60th anniversary.

As communists led mass street protests against the euro, the EU and imperialist alliance Nato, representatives of the 27 member states gathered in the Conservatori Palace, where the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957, the foundation of the common market.

In belated recognition of the crisis rocking the neoliberal bloc, leaders agreed to allow members wary of the EU’s direction to integrate at a slower pace.

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