No existential crisis in the EU, insists Enda Kenny

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted there is no “existential crisis” at the heart of the EU, despite admitting the political bloc “facing serious challenges” due to ongoing rifts on a series of key issues.

The Fine Gael leader made the comment as he hit out at his Hungarian counterpart for calling migrants a “a poison” his country “will not swallow” and warned of Ireland’s “red-line” neutrality issue amid plans for increased security on Europe’s borders.

Mr Kenny was attending an informal meeting of the 27 EU heads of state in the Slovakian capital Bratislava, the first to take place without the involvement of Britain’s prime minister Theresa May.