Belief in a post-Brexit spirit of cohesion is overstated. On economic union,defence and refugees, fissures remainIn the final few months, or there has been a current optimistic – or even triumphalist – mood in much of Europe. At the beginning of the year,many feared that the populist wave that seemed to have engulfed Britain and the United States in 2016 would reach continental Europe.
In specific, the nightmare scenario was that Marine Le Pen would become French president, or which could have meant the end of the eurozone or even the European Union itself. But since Emmanuel Macron came out of nowhere to win the French presidential election in May,promising economic reform and a reinvigorated Franco-German “tandem”, there is now a sense that Europe has bounced back.
The political establishment in Berlin wants Macron to succeedContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com