The Future of Europe

The Future of Europe

By: Erreh Svaia

Caprine Dispersion

It is said that an image says more than a thousand words, more of a reason to pay attention to that photograph that shows Donald Trump smiling, waiting for the arrival of Vladimir Putin (during the commemoration of the end of the First World War) while Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel outline a face of concern, and that is that Trump may not be an agent in Putin's service, but the US president is a profound admirer of the Russian Tsar for the most futile reasons in the world, in Putin, Trump sees the way he would like to see himself, as a powerful "nationalist leader", loved by his people and with an image of invulnerability; the reality is that Putin is not as "powerful" as the image that his propaganda agent RT (among others) tries to project, after all, Russia may be the largest country in the world, but its economy is comparable in size to that of Italy, its technological development definitely leaves much to be desired if we compare it with countries like the USA or China, and its educational system is infinitely lower than that of countries like Singapore, Finland or South Korea, what Trump really sees in Putin , is the image that many see, without really asking the facts and being able to put aside the forms and look for the real truth, Russia is irrelevant if it does not get the support of China or India to try to generate a counterweight to the US, its "nationalist" inclination has strongly alienated Russia from world dynamics and its vision focused on an extractive economy based on the exploitation of its natural resources has led the country to a process of slow degradation and decrease, but Trump is only dazzled by the blinding lights.

Trump seems to be willing to put an end to his somewhat "friendly" relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron, after he declared his desire to create a European army to play a parallel role to NATO, less and less functional in the hands of Trump, In order to have a defense against possible advances from countries like Russia or China in the future, Macron begins to see the frictions growing and on passing the "commercial war" that has put tension in the world, for Trump, the idea a European army may be ridiculous, although the reality is that an army of the European Union, would be a barrier to contain the ambitions of Putin to recover part of what was once the Soviet Empire, as well as a way to counteract the power of Trump on Europe and end the blackmail on the withdrawal of NATO from Europe, or the collection of a higher quota to continue belonging.

A united Europe has kept this continent in peace for decades, undoubtedly a great virtue for a continent in constant tension and that nationalist outbreaks and arms races have confronted them in two great and devastating wars, the European Union has undoubtedly been one of the most successful experiments in the history of mankind, today the situation acquires new levels of tension with a weakened Merkel and an increasingly isolated Macron, confronting Trump, and flying the flag of globalization, on the other hand, countries of the Union like Poland and Hungary unleashing their nationalist obsessions and weakening the Union under the tasteful eyes of Trump and Putin, it is enough to learn about the large nationalist march (with around 200,000 participants) recently held in Poland on the occasion of independence from this country, and in the right-wing groups of Hungary, Italy and Slovakia have joined in something that could be the European Utopia for Matteo Salvini, Marine Le Pen and Steve Bannon, a sort of “Make Nationalist Europe Upset Again”.

A European Union with the seeds of discord in its center, waiting to be devoured by wolves and whose "Europeanist" leaders seem to lose more and more the reins of the project, at the foot of a new recession that seems to lean out in Germany (at the same time of a political crisis), the once great engine of the project, will Macron have the stature to take the baton?