Those who order leadership …
… hardly get it in today’s Europe: political leadership has become a scarce commodity. Chancellor Olaf Scholz governs on demand and sometimes moves through the European Council like a bull in a china store. Emmanuel Macron has fallen victim to his own disruptive style (see below). As a result, the EU looks ill-equipped for a more dangerous world, in which the Loudspeaker-in-Chief Donald Trump will soon be taking the floor.