Pope Francis has called for the European Union to come up with new creative ways to stay together following Britain’s planned exit, saying it is clear “something isn’t working in this unwieldy union.”
Speaking to reporters as he flew home from Armenia on Sunday, the Pope said Europe must reflect on the “air of division” being sowed in the continent and beyond.
“I have not studied the reasons why the United Kingdom wanted to make this decision, but there are divisions,” he said. “The European Union must rediscover the strength at its roots, a creativity and a healthy disunity, of giving more independence and more freedom to the countries of the union.” Speaking of high unemployment and economic stagnation, Francis added: “Something isn’t working in this unwieldy union.
