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Meloni was on her best behavior — now her mask is starting to slip
But with Brexit turning into such an unmitigated disaster for the U.K., and the EU stepping up during the pandemic to show what it can do in an emergency, the Continent’s euroskeptics learned a lesson. They learned to no longer want to exit the EU. And …