The EP presidency should be reformed

It is not often that I inject a philosophical note into these columns. But listening to reports from the Davos World Economic Forum a picture grew in my mind of the world's great, good (and recently incompetent) rushing around asking what hit us, where did it all go wrong?

The answer is seemingly everywhere. Government, industry and finance leaders have sought out ever more efficient, innovative, technologically driven solutions in pursuit of economic growth. With these we have moved fo...