In a mural on the side of a building in Dover, Britain, street artist Banksy depicts Brexit as a workman chipping away a star on a European Union flag. The Europeans are not letting Britain make an easy exit; it might encourage the beginning of the end of European federalism. Photo: Bloomberg In a mural on the side of a building in Dover, Britain, street artist Banksy depicts Brexit as a workman chipping away a star on a European Union flag. The Europeans are not letting Britain make an easy exit; it might encourage the beginning of the end of European federalism. Photo: Bloomberg
In a mural on the side of a building in Dover, Britain, street artist Banksy depicts Brexit as a workman chipping away a star on a European Union flag. The Europeans are not letting Britain make an easy exit; it might encourage the beginning of the end of European federalism. Photo: Bloomberg
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How trouble in Europe might trigger a global debt crisis

Richard Harris says the EU has more to lose than the UK in the Brexit battle, for Britain’s departure might mean the beginning of the end of European federalism. And if the euro splinters and weakens against the US dollar, it may hurt those countries with dollar debt

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Updated: 10:48pm, 11 Oct, 2018

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In a mural on the side of a building in Dover, Britain, street artist Banksy depicts Brexit as a workman chipping away a star on a European Union flag. The Europeans are not letting Britain make an easy exit; it might encourage the beginning of the end of European federalism. Photo: Bloomberg In a mural on the side of a building in Dover, Britain, street artist Banksy depicts Brexit as a workman chipping away a star on a European Union flag. The Europeans are not letting Britain make an easy exit; it might encourage the beginning of the end of European federalism. Photo: Bloomberg
In a mural on the side of a building in Dover, Britain, street artist Banksy depicts Brexit as a workman chipping away a star on a European Union flag. The Europeans are not letting Britain make an easy exit; it might encourage the beginning of the end of European federalism. Photo: Bloomberg
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