European call for action

Ireland would be well advised to cooperate with plans for European treaty changes

The Franco-German axis resumed its customary role last Sunday as the driving motor of European integration. At the bilateral Berlin summit, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy set a four-week deadline for their fellow EU leaders to agree a package of measures aimed at ending the seemingly interminable eurozone crisis.

Their accord was short on detail (perhaps concealing the absence of ...