Instead, the politics of narrow nationalism, the appeal of nostalgia, and the resentments of a disenfranchised populace could scuttle the whole European Union. (Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images)The fallout of Britain's decision to leave the European Union is still being gauged. The rise and fall of Europe, in mapsBrexit prompts push to end English as language in European Union The European Union was built on idealism — that a continent shaped by centuries of war and hatred could stitch itself together into a peaceful, prosperous union. The verdict of the referendum revealed widespread apathy and discontent with the European Union and a rupture between small-town England and Britain's cosmopolitan centers.

Source: Washington Post June 28, 2016 12:26 UTC