hopkins university in washington and our correspondent barbara vevo joins me from our brussels studio to both of you good evening let me start with you in the halls of power of the european union miracles name has been synonymous with success and stability is her name tonight a good reason to have a stiff drink. oh definitely sober and i assume a rather a number of cars and shops and rocky's and other strong beverages will be lifted tonight just to steady european leaders nerves as you said marco has been a rock of stability for years in the european union she has weathered all the crises and she has led the european union's through many of these crisis and now the big question is who will fill a medical shaped hole in european politics at the problem also is that europe had just begun to find its feet again to sort of recover from the shock of bricks it had sort of where that the refugee crisis and now is a new confidence had been returning the idea was that we could next year probably have a few reforms as i monreal mccraw suggested reform the eurozone we now have a new defense coop