"Presidents, prime ministers and chancellors across Europe will pack their bags later this week in preparation for a long weekend in Brussels."
These are not 'MEPS' , those attending are Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers), the European Commission, The European Council and possibly other 'coverts' -- so ZERO 'democratic accountability and possibly ZERO scrutiny and phoney veneer of Legitimacy by the allegedly democratic European Parliament.
Hopefully they reconsider their past misdeeds and (in)actions and realise the mess they have deliberately evolved into.
And the mysterious “four shirter” alluded to in the Link should be
"Should it follow the path of an ever closer union or United States of Europe; of a two-tier or more differentiated union; continue to muddle through with incremental changes on a path of “covert integration”; or engage on a path of disintegration or dissolution?"
from an interesting and refreshingly frank article prepared by one of their own think-tanks, which disturbingly mentions 'covert' 'banks' and all sorts of dodgy financial monsters either pre-existing or ready? to be evolved.
Hopefully [ ha-ha, NO chance!! ] total structural reform or dissolution will be the outcome.
Serves them right.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ITPD-02-2019-001/full/html