New Atlanticist
Sep 1, 2012
Europe’s September Phoenix
By
Fran Burwell and Nicholas Dungan
As European leaders return to work after their summer holidays, they will find many of the same problems they left behind: the sovereign debt crisis, a vulnerable banking system and an unreconciled division over austerity vs growth. Amid the doom and gloom, however, it is worth pausing to celebrate how far Europe has come.