Daniel Cohn-Bendit once said, referring to the philosophy of complexity so dear to Edgar Morin: “Utopia is the dream we must have and reality the permanent challenge”. In Bratislava, no one felt there was a need for dreaming to lift the European Union out of the mess in which it currently finds itself. With the British deserter not in attendance, Merkel, Hollande and their consorts sharply contradicted Donald Tusk who, in his letter of invitation to the summit, wrote: “Following...