The year before that the refugee crisis, critics said, had exposed the EU as a fair-weather construct – unable to cope with the unforeseen. In its bleakest moments the EU, it was said, had been a reputable and worthy project but one with perhaps a limited lifespan. Far from breaking up, the eurozone is set to grow at the fastest annual pace since 2011. He is perhaps too confident – with the trade unions divided and a big majority in parliament. If anything, the setbacks have given the EU a stronger sense of what it is – and what it is not.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2017 18:33 UTC