It staved off Greece’s exit from the shared euro currency and helped several other EU nations recover from staggering debt crises. Tensions still could arise between EU nations with widely disparate economic interests in trading with Britain. EU policies on climate change, the pre-eminent issue where the EU wants to lead the world, are facing domestic challenges. “Existing powers are going down new paths alone,“ von der Leyen said in a thinly veiled criticism of the United States. “The EU wants to play softball in a hardball world.”___Get more of the Star in your inbox Never miss the latest news from the Star.

Source: thestar January 01, 2020 07:30 UTC