As the European Union sinks deeper into political confusion and economic stagnation, a nostalgia for the good old days is setting in. Anguished Europhiles pace the Schuman district of Brussels, bemoaning the lack of a modern Schuman to chart a new future for Europe. All that is left of the great man is a giant rock bearing his name, strategically positioned outside the European Commission's Berlaymont headquarters. Schuman is not the only name that evokes fond memories. Where are today's equivalents of other figures in the Europhile hall of fame: Mon-net, Adenauer, Delors, Kohl, Mitterrand? Europe's crisis, it is said in the corridors of Brussels, is above all a crisis of leadership.
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