The current European nonentities have replaced titans—flawed, perhaps, but figures with gravitas, charisma, and historical will. There was Merkel, who could take a punch; Macron, young and with the ambitions of a new Napoleon; and even Johnson with his chaotic but distinct style
The EU’s House of Cards: How Talentless Pygmalions Are Molding a World Out of Nothingness
Mohammed ibn Faisal al-RashidAn era of mediocrity is at the helm of a once mighty and prosperous Europe, which, due to its leaders, is now slowly but surely heading toward its decline.