Wave of crises puts European dream at risk

BRUSSELS: The EU’s founding father Jean Monnet wrote in his memoirs that “Europe will be forged in crises” -- but a recent storm of troubles risks tearing the continent apart instead of bringing it together.

From a flood of refugees, to the near-collapse of the euro and the war in Ukraine, the continent’s divided leaders have struggled to deal with wave after wave of problems that strike at the heart of the European dream.