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I'm quoted in the Economist:

“Macron has everything in place to build a French-focused Europe,” says Ulrich Speck, of the German Marshall Fund. “Strategically he’s right about so much, but operationally he doesn’t work enough with other partners.” economist.com/briefing/2019/…
Yet after Macron has called Nato "brain dead", I wouldn't say anymore that he is "strategically right".
In my view there are two realpolitik options for Europe's future:

a) keep US engaged in Europe to keep autocratic and revisionist Russia at distance;

b) break with US and let Russia in.

To me it looks like Macron has chosen b)
Option c) European sovereignty and strategic autonomy would be great but I don't see this as a realistic option, as a central power is not going to emerge and all formats of cooperation will always remain limited. And no hegemon (and no Macron) will force Europeans together.
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