French President Emmanuel Macron’s address to the “citizens of Europe” on March 4 launched the campaign for the European parliamentary elections, now scheduled for the end of May. Yet those elections remain overshadowed by events just outside the Continent: namely, Westminster’s uncertain ratification of the separation treaty with the European Union. The Brexit drama has even led some Europeans to imagine that, with a second referendum, Britain could remain after all.Such an outcome would actually be a tragedy for the Union. Europeans should fear the resentment of millions of Leavers, trapped in an institution they had for two years planned …read more
Source: The American Interest
