
Inside the Centrist Battle for Europe: Is Macronism on its Deathbed?
Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is winning not due to ideological superiority, but because leaders like Macron have failed to resist Brussels’ centralizing agenda.
Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is winning not due to ideological superiority, but because leaders like Macron have failed to resist Brussels’ centralizing agenda.
With the EU Council Summit around the corner, the French president might be in need of a ‘Trump whisperer.’
Starmer dubbed the group a “coalition of the willing,” but the illusion of unity is quickly destroyed by core disagreements about security guarantees, troops on the ground, and even a ceasefire itself.
Macron’s futile trip to Washington is a predictor that Starmer will also come away empty handed on Ukraine.
Emmanuel Macron posed as Europe’s spokesman at his meeting with the U.S. president, but no EU leader shares his Ukraine defence plans.
European Union leaders are desperate to appear relevant on the world stage, but cannot agree on basic elements of support for Kyiv.
The French president’s political impotence has become apparent, leading him to compensate in his favourite field, the international arena.
While European leaders cannot agree on whether to send troops to Ukraine, the U.S. position is clear: no American boots on the ground.
Even if the EU manages to give a decisive response, the question would still linger: with what purpose, under what values, and to what end?
Macron’s wishful thinking gets reality checked as he fails to position himself as the European leader capable of setting a common direction for a Ukraine strategy.