Two months after the British referendum which saw victory for those wishing the country to leave the European Union and three weeks before the informal summit of the EU27 in Bratislava to be held on 16 September, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi met in the evening of 22 August on the island of Ventotene (Italy), for a dinner aiming to give them the opportunity to sketch out areas for reflection on the future of the...