European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker writes from his bunker

John Lloyd imagines how the president of the European Commission might address Europeans about the challenges facing the EU in light of Brexit and the euro’s woes.

Imagine this: The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, sits down this week to write an open letter. The new year unfolds before him in his mind. Its challenges are vast, existential. Only the truth will serve.

“My Fellow Europeans (he might write), It’s not the fashion, as in the United States, to quote from the Bible. But, now, it feels appropriate. The line that comes to mind is: ‘Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.’