As the European Union’s foreign ministers met recently in a baroque palace in Malta, Finland’s top diplomat quipped that despite the grandeur of their surroundings, they were all merely “doctors and welders”, trying “to sew things up” in the world.
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A young boy wrapped in a European Union (EU) flag stands outside The Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in London on Oct. 13, 2016, during a protest against the UK's decision to leave the EU.