It's Time for Europe to Show some Courage

The European Union is in crisis – yet again. If you enter “Europe in crisis” into Google, more than 655 million entries pop up. Europe’s current problems are being described as a Euro crisis – it is a very European crisis and that requires a very European solution. Part of the problem is that this crisis has been brewing for some time – but not simply as a Euro crisis. The EU has been experiencing a leadership crisis, for some time, with deep divisions among its member states. It is experiencing a crisis of governance, characterised by lack of EU solidarity. It has a crisis of competence. And all of this is bound up in a legitimacy crisis.