Irrelevance, Europe’s logical choice

Commentary feature in which author asks what should Europe's role in the world going forward. He concludes that 'Irrelevance' could be the logical choice for Europe. Arguably, the EU has achieved a sort of nirvana. It is too strong to be attacked; and too weak to be asked to sort out the rest of the world's problems. As Harry Lime might have pointed out, Europe has become a giant Switzerland'.