The team at Agence Europe and, more widely, scores of journalists, commentators, friends, fellow travellers and staunch Europeans are saddened at the loss of Michel Theys, who died last Tuesday.
It is the story of a little boy from Brussels. He was born in Etterbeek on 9 July 1951, the oldest of three children. His parents ran a perfumery in the town centre. After he left school, he read, discovered, wended his way, started frequenting the theatre, made friends with the stars who played...