Emmanuel Macron is positioning himself as Europe's de facto leader on foreign policy amidst Brexit and divisions in Germany's government. However, not everyone is supportive of his ambitions, with concerns about Europe's economy facing challenges from energy crises, Chinese imports, and potential Trump tariffs.
Europe's main economies France and Germany are laggards, while smaller nations like Poland, Denmark, and Sweden show the way. One more reason why a more centralized EU is probably a bad idea. My latest for @unherd https://t.co/zxJq5EEb4l
The output of major European economies is rapidly declining. Schulz and Macron seem woefully unprepared to deal with the consequences, writes @Raphfel 👇 https://t.co/1m3JS66pQp
European manufacturing needs a novel approach vs. Biden’s IRA: @LionelRALaurent https://t.co/f9DZXoepZh via @opinion https://t.co/IX69HVUohc
Europe’s economy is still reeling from the energy shock caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. How will it adapt to a new shock from China and maybe a third from America? https://t.co/74GmHgpoqN 👇
Bloomberg: "It’s less easy to see why Europe, despite mounting geopolitical alarm over its competitiveness and growth gap with the US, has failed to come up with a genuinely convincing response to the IRA." @LionelRALaurent https://t.co/Q8UOIZTtBg via @opinion
Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides. First Vladimir Putin, now Xi Jinping. Will Donald Trump be next? https://t.co/41YyOj84aP 👇
Europe is not known for its dynamism, but today it looks stagnant by any standard. Frazzled by the energy crisis, the continent now faces surging Chinese imports and the threat of Trump tariffs. What should it do? 👇 https://t.co/vPXYcywGve
🇫🇷 Macron would like to be Napoleon, Angela Merkel, and Rocky Balboa - but he doesn't succeed. Taking advantage of Great Britain's exit from the European Union and divisions in the German ruling coalition, the French president tried to position himself as the creator of the EU's… https://t.co/7GDYEEeG8O
Frazzled by the energy crisis, Europe’s economy faces surging Chinese imports and the threat of Trump’s tariffs. Policy errors now could greatly aggravate its problems https://t.co/NcAWsdOj40 https://t.co/Ol2YYLs4p6
Macron Wants to Run Europe’s Foreign Policy. Not Everyone Agrees @bpolitics https://t.co/VvFNEUiIzn
Macron punches above his weight as a European leader https://t.co/LrLAfsq5OF https://t.co/Bxh7o4yBrO
Not everyone is happy that Emmanuel Macron has become Europe’s de facto leader on foreign affairs https://t.co/87P4K2eF9v
With the UK no longer in the European Union and Germany’s government riven with division, Macron has been fashioning himself into the continent’s de-facto figurehead on foreign policy. #EU https://t.co/uTXjm2LpLw