G7 meets crisis: What's wrong with Europe?  | To the point

Cătălin Roșioru

Is Europe losing its global influence?  The G7 increasingly looks like a club of ex-champions, as China and India rise and Europe’s biggest economies - Germany, France, and the UK - struggle with slow growth, rising debt, and political gridlock. Public frustration is growing; radical movements are gaining ground, and tensions are spilling over - from riots in Belfast to the EU’s ongoing migration crisis.  So the question is: Is this just a temporary slowdown - or a deeper structural crisis?  On