The European Union must reform or risk failure as an economic bloc and social model, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, responding to EU leaders who blame him for the collapse of their summit last week. The bloc needs a new blueprint with "urgent" reforms, Blair said, if Europe wants to meet the needs of its citizens and compete with other top economic powerhouses like the United States, China and India. "If we don't adapt, our social model is put at risk," he said.Blair described himself as being passionately in favor of the EU Setting out an agenda for his country's six-month EU presidency, Blair described himself to the European Parliament as being passionately in favor of the EU. But he insisted on the need for reform. "It is not a crisis of political institutions, it is a crisis of political leadership," Blair said. "It is time to give ourselves a reality check, to receive the wake-up call."