Budgets, vetoes, values, defence … division and dithering shame the EU

The bloc is beset by chronic indecision and internal tensions, and Britain’s departure makes a bad situation even worseIt’s all happening at once for the EU. Fundamental problems and disputes, long fudged, postponed or ignored, are simultaneously coming to a head. Is this a union of shared values or of economic interests? Who pays the bills? How is Europe best defended when the US cannot be trusted? What about Turkey? And then there’s “bloody Brexit”. Little wonder