At a moment when France chooses as a Prime minister a former European Commissioner, the discontent against Brussels has never been so strong on the continent. It already occurred after the referendum in the United Kingdom the Brexit. The country is today paying the heavy consequences and the Labor new government tries to reopen discussions, if not to come back into the Union, at least to erase the most negative effects of this divorce. But the lesson has not been heard and in many countries the political formations openly criticizing the action of the European institutions have realized scores which ...

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The low share of the poll obtained by the presidential majority at the European Parlement elections and the decision taken by the president of the Republic to call snap legislative polls at the National Assembly carry the risk to sink France into a major political crisis and to worry financial markets. The prospect of a victory of the far-right parties which for years are criticizing the European Union, after having even proposed to exit from it and to abandon the euro, constitutes a real threat. In case of a lack of majority after these elections, it also opens the possibility ...

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The State visit of the French president in Berlin and in Dresden did not bring any concrete results but it occurred at the right time. It is not possible to have a strong Europe without a solid relationship between France and Germany. Yet the country is going to be confronted with major difficulties. It is essential it remains mobilized, despite the structural problems it is going to be confronted with, in order the European project goes stronger and has the capacity to cope with a more and more instable international environment.

The German economy has known a recession in 2023 ...

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