Europe Rides Crises, Regains Confidence In 2017, But Big Challenges Lie Ahead

After lurching from one crisis to the next over the past 10 years, the European Union has survived a series of seemingly existential threats – and its leaders claim the bloc is ascendant. Economic growth in the Eurozone is forecast to be higher than in the United States and Britain, while the migrant influx appears to be easing. Henry Ridgwell looks back on the year Europe regained its confidence.