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G7 meets crisis: What's wrong with Europe?  | To the point

Is Europe losing its global influence? 

The G7 increasingly looks like a club of ex-champions, as China and India rise and Europe's biggest economies - Germany, France, and the UK - struggle with slow growth, rising debt, and political gridlock. Public frustration is growing; radical movements are gaining ground, and tensions are spilling over - from riots in Belfast to the EU's ongoing migration crisis. 

So the question is: Is this just a temporary slowdown - or a deeper structural crisis? 

On To the Point, we break down what's really going wrong in Europe - and what it means for the global balance of power. 

Is Europe losing its global influence?  

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