'To be European,' writes Leïla Slimani, 'is to believe that we are, at once, diverse and united, that the Other is different but equal.'
Despite these high ideals, however, there is a growing sense that Europe needs to be fixed, or at the least seriously rethought. The clamour of rising nationalism alongside widespread feelings of disenfranchisement needs to be addressed if the dreams of social cohesion, European integration, perhaps even democracy are to be preserved.
