Europe is heading for perilous waters, and its leaders are dozing at the tiller | Simon Tisdall
by Simon Tisdall from on (#6J5Z5)
Inaction threatens the continent's security over Trump, Ukraine, the rise of the far right and the crisis in the Middle East
Democrats fear Joe Biden is sleepwalking to disaster in a November rematch with Donald Trump. Tories level similar criticism at dozy Rishi Sunak as Labour dreams of an autumn landslide. Butfor a truly world-beating slumber party, EU leaders take the bedtime biscuit.
The way it's going, 2024 could turn into a nightmare for the 27-country bloc - an all-time annus horribilis. A daunting slew of international and internal challenges is coming to a head. Is the EU ready to meet them? Definitely not.
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