People celebrating the results of the second round of legislative elections in France. As a new Trump era begins, internal political squabbles and the fallout from a global backlash to inflation, immigration and ruling elites are hobbling Germany and France. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
DONALD Trump’s return to the US presidency could spell a lonely and dangerous stretch for Europe, which is already mired in economic stagnation and rattled by war on its eastern doorstep.
It is a moment that demands renewed and forceful leadership from the continent’s two largest economies.
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