Let me quickly claim a point of personal privilege here and go into a little personal history that will hopefully offer some insight into the problems facing Europe.

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The quota had already run into problems after EU lawyers said the proposed law might go too far and countries could not be forced to meet the target.

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And what we can't do now is go back to the policies that got us into so many of the problems that we've been dealing with in the first place.

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But there's one underappreciated reason not to go into business with your spouse: It can create dire and long-lasting problems with the Internal Revenue Service.

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Willy Brandt International Airport, south of the German capital, was originally due to go into service in June 2012 but has been plagued with problems.

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