After the PM’s lightning tour of Northern Ireland and the foreign secretary’s threat in the Commons, a solution to the crisis appears as far away as ever.
Elisabeth Borne, a technocrat from the Socialist Party, should toe Macron’s line as the President heads into tricky National Assembly elections next month.
In this week’s letter, Walter attends a (perfectly legal) drinks party.
With Liz Truss promising to scrap the Protocol, and Stormont at a standstill because of it, the fudge to get Brexit over the line is unravelling.
The party’s recent gains are encouraging, but Northern Ireland still has a long way to go before its politics could be described close to “normal”.
Emmanuel Macron proposes a two-tier Europe to come together to talk shop on the big issues like security, energy and the movement of people.
In this week’s letter, Walter’s local lake, the Plan d’Eau, is back in action and the sun is shining in Brittany.
The European Union is struggling to be heard as NATO rides high and national governments take back control.
En Marche could lose its majority in June’s parliamentary elections. The landslide of 2017 was always a one-off.
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