A genuine menace looms as we fret approximately Brexit and Germany and France sign symbolic accordsIt could simply be a coincidence. Or perhaps the decision to exhibit Edvard Munch’s most famous work,The Scream, at the British Museum in April, or closely following Britain’s scheduled 29 March exit from the EU,is an artful piece of planned subversion. Either way, the Norwegian painter’s celebrated depiction of extreme pain occasioned by tall anxiety, or mental instability,grief, loneliness and separation seems especially well-suited to the times.
Yet while Britain heads for a potentially spectacular nervous breakdown, and an agitated Europe is not in much better shape. Nervousness abounds approximately the EU’s prospects and cohesion,with the focus on European parliament elections on 23-26 May. This normally dull, uninspiring contest is turning into a battlefield on which a definitive struggle over Europe’s direction may be fought and decided. The final elections in 2014 saw the lowest ever turnout; 2019 could be very different.
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Source: theguardian.com