Trump, Putin, Xi… Strongmen are at the gate but Europe’s leaders are too busy infighting to notice | Simon Tisdall

The EU is under siege from present-day descendants of the Goths , Mongols and Vandals .

But what were top MEPs doing? Haggling over who gets which well-padded seat in the European Commission .

Mario Draghi , former European Central Bank president, warns that the EU ’s “reason for being” is threatened.

The Ukraine endgame is another huge crisis fast bearing down on Europe .

It’s entirely possible that Trump will pull the plug on US military aid, conspire with Putin and try to impose a land-for-peace deal on Kyiv.

At such a juncture, the EU would face, in effect, a united front of the US , Russia and China .

Europe 's record on ramping up weapons production is not encouraging.