What does the author fear will happen to the European Union if these reforms do not take place?
A. It will lose popular support.
B. Will become merely a free trade zone.
C. Will not be able to provide security to its citizens.
D. All of the above.
As the article states in lines 4-7, “The Union will lose the support of the citizens and will inevitably be transformed into a mere free trade area, incapable of guaranteeing the security of Europeans, of affirming Europe's role in the World and of guaranteeing its own survival in the face of nationalism's resurgence.”