Oh no, please, not another tedious attempt to restructure the EU’s institutions.

Europe’s very visible foreign policy weaknesses are real and must be addressed. But relying on another exercise in bureaucratic re-engineering will not be enough.

What is needed are EU leaders who can make the bloc matter again.

It’s a tough world. The international order is being rewritten by Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Russia’s war against Ukraine, a dangerous and widening conflict in the Middle East and a civil war in Sudan. Donald Trump’s disruptive actions, escalating tariff wars and tech rivalry have upended the transatlantic alliance.

Re-arranging deckchairs on Titanic?