The EU’s problem is the same as Britain’s: austerity

The addiction to economic pain is shared by Brussels and by Tories who see in Brexit a renewed ‘Thatcher revolution’George Soros is right: Europe faces an existential crisis, not least because of an addiction to austerity that has certainly contributed to Italy’s summer of discontent. This makes it all the more urgent that the time-and resource-consuming wastefulness of Brexit be brought to an end, and the sooner the better. There are huge problems facing Europe: in addition to