On Wednesday 10 April, King Philippe of Belgium spoke at a formal sitting to open the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels. In front of a full hemicycle, he pleaded for a Europe that is “the driving force behind the geopolitics of humanity” and called for lessons to be drawn from past crises.
“At every crisis, at every moment of transition, we testify to our unity and resoluteness. But the European Union is more than just crisis management. It must be driven forward...