If they ever had a finest hour, this was not it. With the war in Ukraine continuing to rain terror on the terrified but defiant inhabitants of Mariupol, the candidates from the Far Left and Extreme Right in France’s presidential elections have been hurrying to distance themselves from their one-time friend and mentor, Vladimir Putin.
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.
