What is Europe for? That is the current question. No longer is it possible to say convincingly that Europe is entirely about peace: if the Union dissolved itself tomorrow no-one now could conceive of a war in Europe. Nor can we say that it is entirely about prosperity or even the provision of plenty of food at stable prices, one of the driving motivations of the EU's founding fathers. So what is Europe for? That is the question that European leaders are pondering following the rejection of ...
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