With 28 versions of Europe, it’s no wonder we barely recognise each other | Timothy Garton Ash

The eurozone is close to Grexit because of deep structural flaws and incompatible national views. On Sunday its leaders will need all their courage to overcome these obstacles

Whom the gods will destroy they first make bored. We have seen so many “last chance” eurozone summits about Greece that many Europeans have almost lost consciousness. We doze in the passenger seat even as the car goes over the cliff.

But this is it. If the EU’s heads of government don’t find a way forward at their emergency summit this Sunday, then on Monday a 70-year-old project of European integration may start to unravel. If you think it’s just the future of Greece that’s at stake, think again.

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