Vitality and recovery. I don't at all share in the image of an EU in total crisis or even on the brink of a sort of bankruptcy. On the contrary, I consider its vitality remarkable. It is true that it is up against difficulties, and sometimes serious ones, but the reason for this is essentially the colossal extension of the areas it handles. The first phase of European construction - that of the coal and steel community - meant definitive reconciliation between countries that had just torn...