Very good piece. I may add that Macron acting the agent of change within the EU bloc is bound to fail as Macron and France are the ultimate incarnation of centralism and top down decision making process. I dont think he is mentally wired to break his own biases.
No i do not think it is chatter but rather that Macron cannot impersonate radical changes at the EU level given his own ultra centralized DNA approach to governing.
Maybe he is preparing himself for a future role as replacement of VdL, just a thought.
What is sure is that he thinks highly of the EU construct. He has been criticized in France at some point for being more a european than a french.
And also that the way the EU is structured, makes it highly resistant to implementing radical change. The only way something like that could happen would be in case the EU goes to the BRINK...
Very good piece. I may add that Macron acting the agent of change within the EU bloc is bound to fail as Macron and France are the ultimate incarnation of centralism and top down decision making process. I dont think he is mentally wired to break his own biases.
Thanks Nico! Good point, that's the sad part. Is it all just empty chatter? So annoying..
No i do not think it is chatter but rather that Macron cannot impersonate radical changes at the EU level given his own ultra centralized DNA approach to governing.
Maybe he is preparing himself for a future role as replacement of VdL, just a thought.
What is sure is that he thinks highly of the EU construct. He has been criticized in France at some point for being more a european than a french.
And also that the way the EU is structured, makes it highly resistant to implementing radical change. The only way something like that could happen would be in case the EU goes to the BRINK...
example: https://www.philoinvestor.com/i/124133514/to-the-brink-and-back-macro-trades