Unsteady Europe in the global storm

Europe's difficulties are multiplying. Last week started with Mario Draghi declaring in his report on the future of the European Union that if the Union does not change radically it will not survive; it ended with Vladimir Putin threatening that if Ukraine uses long-range Western weapons inside his country, this "would mean that NATO countries - the US, European countries - are at war with Russia." The threat will not change the decision that the United States and Britain seem to have taken already, as Russia is receiving ballistic missiles from Iran, which will intensify the continual bombardment of cities throughout Ukraine. But no one should underestimate the gravity of the situation, as Putin is capable of doing anything if he finds himself with his back to the wall. At the same time, Europe is sinking into uncertainty as tensions rise among member-states, because of economic...