For this week$$s assignment read the article $$How to combine a deepening and widening of the European Union$.$ Note that this article was published in $2000.$ Next, read the article $$The European Union: wider and deeper?$$; this article was published in $2014.$ You will find both articles in the Weekly Guide under Reading Assignment.

What are the differences$/$similarities between those two articles written $14$ years apart? It is now $2020$; does either article still apply? Why or why not?