In the new report by Theos, A Soul for the Union, its author, Ben Ryan, argues that bandying about such figures dishonours the vision that united Europe. This vision — to develop the concepts of solidarity, subsidiarity, and morality­­, and apply them to common problems such as migration, the world economy, and the environment — remains strong elsewhere in Europe. Perhaps the problem that lurks beneath the surface of this referendum is that it is not the EU that needs to find a soul, but Britain.

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