European Union officials are trying to work out how to turn their anxiety about an increasingly hostile world into action.
They’ve seen the bloc sidelined in US negotiations with Russia over Ukraine and forced into a humiliating trade deal by
Europe has a France problem. On top of all its other challenges. And it couldn’t come at a worse moment.
Paris is about to get its fifth prime minister since May 2022. In 2024 alone, there were four different prime ministers. Even the…




