The recent terror attack on Berlin’s Christmas market — which killed 12 and injured more than 50 — cast a pall over last year’s holiday celebrations across Europe. Viewed from Tunis, where I happened to be during the fallout, the attack has also had a major, albeit different, impact.

The outcome of the UK’s Brexit referendum shocked populations across Europe. But watching the response in Lviv, in western Ukraine, a hub of enthusiasm about the EU, was particularly jarring.

The board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) recently approved China’s application to join — an application a decade in the making — and sent it on to member governments for final approval.