Mutually damaging. There are certain people who believe or pretend to believe that a firm approach adopted by the Europeans with regard to further accession or access to the Schengen area, is symptomatic of selfishness and a lack of generosity and openness towards the EU's neighbours. The opposite is, in fact, the case. The very existence of the EU is at stake. A European Community (an old name missed by many) that is open but almost without any conditions would be watered down and would...