The battles of the day after

The coronavirus will at some point go away. The big question is what the pandemic will leave in its wake, here in Greece and the rest of the world. It is too early to make predictions but it's almost certain that only a few things will stay the same.

It is the first time that the world has had to go through a crisis of this magnitude in the absence of a credible American leadership - in fact, under a disastrous one. We knew that Europe would at some point abruptly wake up to find out that there's no Uncle Sam to guarantee its security in the way it did after the end of the Second World War. The coronavirus outbreak has weaned Europe off the United States in a violent manner. 

Will the shock prove to be an awakening for Europe? I want to be optimistic, but recent European history offers little comfort. The European Union and the eurozone were made for the good times....