Emmanuel Macron took a while to see that Vladimir Putin only understands the balance of power. After two years of war, diplomatic candor has disappeared.
The security of the continent is in danger and the specter of “Munich’ 1938 looms among allies less enlightened than him. Emmanuel Macron would be doing a salubrious job by taking the helm of this Europe implicitly deemed sluggish and hesitant. His lone rider would only be an optical illusion, the Western troops would already be rallying around him.