January 28, 2017. President Donald Trump, having spoken to Chancellor Merkel for 45 minutes, on the phone to President Putin. Wikicommons/Sean Spicer, White House press secretary. Some rights reserved.
The week after the UK voted to leave the European Union, Nigel Farage went to the European Parliament and bragged that this was the beginning of the end for the European project. Most MEPs laughed, while government leaders and EU Commissioners trotted out well-worn clichés about Europe’s resilience. They didn’t sense the danger. They do now.
