Europe is weakening at a time when its critical mass is most needed. The timing is a catastrophe.

If you get burned, you will take time before you try again.

There is a resurgence of the nation-state in Europe. These nationalist and protectionist instincts are hard to reconcile with the idea of European integration.

This country has a very long memory. The question of reforming the labor code is now on ice for years. No politician is going to touch it.

The Time of the Uprooted

It's not perfect. Nothing is perfect. Sometimes it takes time for the words to become more than words.