"European centrists are deeply confused about immigration. Many, especially on the centre-left, want to have both open borders and welfare states. But the evidence suggests that it is hard to be Denmark with a multicultural society. The lack of social solidarity makes high levels of taxation and redistribution unsustainable."
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Niall Ferguson,"The EU melting pot is melting down", Boston Globe, June 18, 2018.
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