The Guardian view on renewing Europe | Editorial

An idea whose time has come: Over the holiday season the Guardian has been examining themes that have emerged to give shape to 2018. In today’s concluding piece we look at why the world will need the EU more than everIt is tempting to think of the European Union as being like the Roman god Janus – a two-faced creature who either smiles or frowns, succeeds or fails. It is especially tempting, perhaps, for Britons. The next 12 months may well be this country’s last full year insi