FILE PHOTO: A frayed EU flag flutters atop the Greek Ministry of Finance in central Athens, Greece, February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis/File Photo
VALETTA (Reuters) - 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.
Such despondency at Europe's global influence has become all too common as the 28-country bloc struggles to cope with Brexit, an unprecedented migrant crisis in its own backyard and a rise in anti-EU populism that has bolstered authoritarian, nationalist-minded leaders across the region.
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