On Saturday 20 January, after the second summit of its kind and a few days ahead of the informal summit of the European leaders, who are to debate the future of the EU, the leaders of seven Southern countries – Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Malta and Portugal – reiterated the importance of the unity of the European Union in the face of growing instability and uncertainty throughout the world.
As well as an additional opportunity to take stock of the recent decisions of the...