They seem powerless to do anything about these events, to change the trajectory of events.
Come to think about it, we start with the obvious, and that the two most powerful states in Western Europe is France and Germany.
What happened to France lately? They had to retreat from one of their bases in Africa.
What is happening to Germany, right before our very eyes, is a complete deterioration of security environment, and internal economy. Then, add in this new war between Israel and Hamas, which means no relief for the other two problems, which means expect more decline to set in.
I think this is what is happening.
Let's call it strategic space.
Well obivously, startetgic space for France and Germany has shrunk.
But that is not all. Imagine a box. Now imagine a smaller box.
I think that could be the disconnect. France and Germany probably would acknowledge that their strategic space has shrunk, but to the level of a box, and not to the level of a smaller box.
What if that box is even smaller than that?
Look at it this way. When they run out of Leopards, what else are they going to offer? They can't even find someone to sell them gas.
At least Macron kind of knows he needs to do something to stem the negative headwinds.
The rest of Europe, probably going the way of Marie Antoinette, yet again.
