We need to stand together as one EU. I do not want to discuss this, because we are just to small on our own to face the world, but even a united European continent has to compete on the world stage. We are by now the most overall liveable macro region of the world, in that we have the least people suffering.
How can we stay that way? How to compete with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_system
This is not just a Chinese phenomenon. Our Tech-Elites like the idea, too.
The world is moving away from liberal democracy. How do we save it without the economy to back it up?