In his speech on the state of the European Union on 13 September, President Juncker positioned himself as a shepherd gathering his flock (see EUROPE 11861). He pushed to its absolute limits the logic that under the benevolent and approving gaze of the Commission, all member states and all their citizens will agree, for better or for worse, to move forward towards a common goal. As the successor to Hallstein and Delors, this was his duty.
The trouble is that since the single currency was...