Today in France could be make or break day for Emmanuel Macron. The trade union movement, with the full support of Opposition deputies of both left and right, has called a nationwide protest to halt the government’s controversial pension reform Bill that would raise the headline age of retirement from 62 to 64.
Germany and France are twin examples of the EU’s dramatic decline
Starmer is courting the EU at precisely the time when its moribund condition can no longer be concealed.