José Ignacio Torreblanca deplores the fragmentation of Europe

The Spanish political scientist José Ignacio Torreblanca considers that division within the member states over the recognition of Kosovo's independence once again underlines the limits of the EU. "Kosovo is another challenge for European power, a power that, despite an immense economic, demographic and political base, isn't managing to impose itself. In the absence of change, these challenges will be more and more frequent. The world as it has been shaped since the beginning of the century is moving in directions that are incompatible with the interests and values that Europe defends. Europe's problem is not that it lacks power, it is the fragmentation of this power that leads to inefficiency. In view of this fragmentation, we can understand why Moscow dares to defy Europeans so openly despite the fact that Europe has a population 3.5 times greater than Russia's, is 10 times greater in terms of military spending and 15 times greater in terms of its economy."

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