“Time is running out and Europe has no time to lose”. In the Strasbourg hemicycle of the European Parliament on Wednesday 10 May, the Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said the urgency to act was of the essence.
His speech on the challenges facing the European Union, given after a bilateral meeting with the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, opened with the observation that Europe has lost its illusions: “Many of us thought that we could always put off...