Building societies that last

It is common practice for the establishment to occasionally wage battles aimed at consolidating its strength and boosting the confidence of its different components. In a similar way, Europe's systemic powers are fighting a war against the "nationalism," "racism," "nazism" and "fascism" of the purported extremist parties ahead of European Parliament elections in May.

However, what we are essentially about to see is a shift in the balance of power in the European Parliament, an institution whose operation has been formulated on the basis of two dominant political alliances, namely the Christian Democrats and the Socialists. It will not be the end of the world. Things are changing fast, and new adaptations are called for.
During a speech in Paris early last year to mark 100 years since the end of World War I, French President Emmanuel Macron, a politician who is quite...