Hopes were not high for the second summit between President Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, but the pressure to actually produce something meaningful and with substance was elevated. After the historic first meeting between the leadership of the US and North Korea last year in Singapore, there was plenty of positive commentary while nothing was actually accomplished. The second summit collapsed under the pressure as Trump walked out of the meeting after pressing North Korea for more concessions without success.

The European Union is great at one thing: holding summits. Brussels has the ability to negotiate any topic into the ground without ever reaching an agreement. The EU is now at it again. The fact that the EU functions on unanimous votes, which means all members have to agree, renders the entire institution useless. The idea is to show solidarity, but in reality the EU lacks this. It is almost impossible to get 28 different countries with different needs and backgrounds to agree on key topics. One solution doesn’t fit all European countries and creates great imbalances.