WorldEuropean Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker revealed Wednesday his plans to save the EU, warning the troubled bloc must now write a “new chapter” after Britain's expected exit in 2019. Since the shock Brexit vote last June, the other 27 EU states have been soul-searching about how to deal with challenges including rising populism, the election of Donald Trump and an increasingly assertive Russia. There has also been grumbling about the timing of Juncker's plans shortly before crucial elections in the Netherlands, France and Germany. “We see Juncker's white paper as being the birth certificate of the EU at 27,” an EU source said on condition of anonymity. The 27 EU leaders are eyeing a further summit in Brussels on April 6 after British Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggers the two-year divorce process, EU sources said.

Source: Sunday Times March 01, 2017 14:15 UTC