1) The European Union faces significant challenges to integration. Discuss the financial crisis and its effect on European support for integration. Incorporate into your answer a discussion of Brexit, recent European domestic elections, and the rise of Euroskepticism (be sure to define Euroskepticism). A complete answer will encompass a discussion of European citizens’ attitudes towards the EU and its institutions, and will cite specific examples of parties within Western Europe and incorporate academic literature from the syllabus.