The Brexit vote in the UK leaves the European Union facing huge challenges, with some predicting that it might even break up. There can be little doubt that the EU needs to reform. But does that mean more or less Europe?
“The EU needs to change or it will die,” says Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Liberals in the European Parliament.
How should the EU respond to the fears of many of it citizens when it comes to issues like social inequality and immigration? And how best to react to the rise of populist anti-EU parties across the continent? The people of the EU want answers. But will those answers come in the form of a new vision for the bloc, or simply more pragmatism?
What do you think? Brexit: The End of the Road for the EU?
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Our guests:
Malte Lehming is the editor of the opinion page of "Der Tagesspiegel". He says: "The Brexit could be good for Europe. The turmoil in Great Britain after the referendum are a deterrent to other nations on the continent from embarking upon a similar experiment."
Derek Scally works for the Irish Times. He believes “Brexit is a failure of the entire European political class -- including Germany. Everyone says they are shocked yet instead of fresh ideas and now ways of working, everyone is serving up old wine in new bottles
Hannah Cleaver is a DW news journalist. She says: “It's difficult to decide which will be the biggest loser from Brexit - Britain or the EU.”