Napoleon

Of Gian Micalessin
He calls it the authority of democracy. Will be, but that of Emmanuel Macron, took up the chair at the European Parliament to explain to us how diversity of ideas is, for Europe, a danger comparable to a civil war, it does not seem like a desirable revisitation of freedom of thought.
You don't need to dig between the lines to understand how, in Macron-thought, the only good idea of ​​democracy is the French one. Or rather that of a France under his leadership. O, better yet, that of a Europe with him as the new Napoleon. Let us not deceive ourselves. It's not the umpteenth "macronade". It is not a boast similar to a tirade, already denied by the White House, with which he took credit for convincing Trump to stay in Syria. This time we are faced with a project. The refoundation of Europe and the reduction of national sovereignty, the two concepts that Macron has been arguing about since September, have as their starting point the creation of transnational lists for the European elections. The model is that of «En Marche!», the formation with which Macron made a clean sweep of socialists and the old Gaullist right at home. Read More