Cracks are appearing in the edifice of the ‘family of Europe’ and not only because of the British voting for Brexit. That was a symptom of a problem, not the cause. On the periphery of Western Europe the financial crisis has left Greece looking like a semi-detached member; to the east it has again seen conflict. If the aberration of the past seventy years of peace is to continue through this century, that peace will need love, care and attention.
