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The old EU machine based on agreements between Germany and France as well as Christian and Social Democrats not working anymore.
Clear now that Macron didn't re-invent Europe as he promised; he rather contributed to the disintegration (or "diversity"): By refusing to join a big party family like EPP; by further alienating Central Europeans; by failing to build a solid working relationship with Merkel.
Another aspect: it doesn't help the EU gaining global weight -- at a time of geopolitical turmoil and an increasing shift of the international system towards great power competition -- if it cannot even work out who its next COO is going to be.
