Some thirty political figures - including Romano Prodi, Jean-Claude Juncker, Danuta Hübner, Erkki Liikanen and Sylvie Goulard - set out their vision, at the beginning of October, of a “gradual and pragmatic federalism” to enable the European Union to function with more than thirty member countries and to meet the challenges it faces “in a world of growing threats and temptations to withdraw”.
“Member States will need to decide collectively whether they want to be joint leaders or...