Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, was the seventh EU leader to address MEPs on the future of Europe (13 June). Rutte called for a Europe that did less but better. Rutte said that the EU's relationship with its most important ally, the US, is no longer self-evident following Trumps rejection of the JCPOA (Iran Deal), the Paris agreement on climate change and the US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium.
