If completed, these projects would bring large amounts of Russian natural gas to Western Europe at a time when regional supplies are in decline.

Northern countries are worried that popular discontent over unemployment will spread from the eurozone periphery into the core.

Northern Europe, especially the northwest, has long been established as the primary gateway for goods moving in and out of wider continental Europe.

Stratfor Vice President of Analysis Peter Zeihan examines how the French elections and collapse of the Dutch government could affect the German-French alliance and the political and economic situation across Europe.

Director of Research Kevin Stech discusses the repercussions of domestic challenges facing Europe's economic core of Germany, France and the Netherlands.

Vice President of Analysis Peter Zeihan discusses the only road forward that can salvage the euro.

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