It effectively just serves to give them control, as they’re able to threaten Europe with a wave of migrants whenever they want to extract more money, or other political concessions from them
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It is really not a lack of unity, it is above all a lack of political will within the member countries
It was Draghi’s “whatever it takes” approach that saved the eurozone. And EU leaders should unleash that same spirit to counter the bloc’s challenges once more.
Mujtaba Rahman on why Mario Draghi should lead the next European Council
I think that if Europe is blocked today, it is not by the economy. Nor is it really blocked by politics. It is blocked by anthropology.
Pascal Lamy explains the situation in which Europe finds itself today
In Davos we can see that everything has changed: politics is back in the driver’s seat, and geopolitics is increasingly determining economic and business prospects. Europe risks marginality
Timothy Garton Ash on Europe’s soft power
The predominant voice in Berlin was that the reform of the EU is necessary and that the members need to start some changes, regarding the way decisions are taken, and the composition of the Commission