The Irish Times (Ireland)
Emmanuel Macron has frequently called for Europe to build up its defence capacity and forge an independent course in foreign policy, but in a provocative interview with The Economist in recent days the French president went further by calling for sweeping changes to Europe’s security arrangements. “What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of Nato, ” he said. Macron’s diagnosis of the problem itself is undoubtedly correct, even uncontroversial.