EU’s New Crises Raise Questions About What More Can Be Done

Europe in turmoil. Britain dealing the European Union a heavy blow. People power causing the EU great angst over what its mission should be. Terror strikes in a major capital.

The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker speaks at a press conference with the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava on July 1, 2016. AP Photo/Bundas Engler

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—Europe in turmoil. Britain dealing the European Union a heavy blow. People power causing the EU great angst over what its mission should be. Terror strikes in a major capital.

“We cannot continue as if nothing had happened ... Europe’s crisis is deep,” warned EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker. “A period for reflection, clarification and discussion is called for.”

We cannot continue as if nothing had happened ... Europe's crisis is deep.

— Jean-Claude Juncker, president, European Commission