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Revolting France threatens Europe with Irrelevancy.
Blain’s Morning Porridge – October 14th, 2026
“All the world’s a stage – and the French like to think they are at the centre of it.”
French political instability and it’s looming fiscal crisis will distract and delay the European project of a shift towards “strategic unity” in the face of a) the immediate security threats from Russia, and b) the long-term geopolitical shift towards China at the end of the Transatlantic American age. How Europe responds to the growing French threat could determine its economic outlook for decades.
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Europe must address its future and shift as the…
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