Spain-Italy feud is another indication the pan-European project has failed

​Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer says the standoff between Italy and Spain is another “data point” against the pan-European project. ​“These are two core European Union countries, two countries that are part of the Eurozone, that are part of the Schengen area, which is the European nomenclature for this zone where you can travel without a passport from one country to another,” Mr Hammer told News24 Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. ​“My take on this…this Italian-Spanish standoff, if you will, is that this is just another data point against the pan-European project, against the broader notion that openness is the way and nationalism is the past ​“This should have been obvious a long time ago.”