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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, European integration went through a golden era - including agreement on plans for a single currency, the euro. But that high water mark was quickly followed by a backlash. In this excerpt from The Inquiry, Adriaan Schout from the Netherlands Institute of International Relations explains why and how Europeans began to resist the accelerating growth of the "European project".

(Image: A postcard calling on people to 'Strike Back at the Empire' is displayed ahead of the Dutch referendum in 2005 that rejected the European Union Constitution. Credit: JOHN D MCHUGH/AFP/Getty Images)