Although socially liberal, Macron’s economic initiatives have been ‘centrist’ and even business friendly/pro-free market. It is worth noting also, that there has not a been MAJOR terrorist attack on French soil under his watch. Remember that barely two-three years ago: whole night clubs were being shot up in Paris and civilians were being bulldozed by the hundreds in Nice...A Catholic priest was beheaded by ISIS in the middle of a Normandy village mass etc...
Macron has brought law and order into the country. The atmosphere has changed for the better. He deserves credit for that.
However, I think what sets the impulses of countries like France and Germany apart from their eastern counterparts — is their head/empire mentality.
While Britain is an island that retains a monarchy, a Commonwealth, and inextricable bonds with America...France and Germany have a far more vested interest in Pan-Europeanism. It’s the only way they can truly mount up to superpower status and compete with America.
That’s what this is about. Being able to compete with us.
“While Britain is an island that retains a monarchy,”
Unlike the US where the President is both the Head of State as well as the Head of Government, in Britain the PM is the Head of Government while the King/Queen is the Head of State. There are no major countries in Europe where these functions reside solely in a monarch.
Macron is leftist scum. I love to see Italy’s Trump attacking him via the media.
Funny you say “pan-Europeanism”. It echoes a similar term from the 1930s.