{"id":10393,"date":"2018-06-04T11:22:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T10:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/?p=10393"},"modified":"2018-07-25T10:43:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T09:43:45","slug":"a-day-of-peril-for-the-e-u-threats-emerge-from-the-u-s-and-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/a-day-of-peril-for-the-e-u-threats-emerge-from-the-u-s-and-within\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day of Peril for the E.U.: Threats Emerge From the U.S. and Within"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 June 2018<\/p>\n

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Steven Erlanger, The New York Times<\/p>\n

First, Italy swore in a euroskeptic government that has worried the financial markets. Then a pro-Europe government in Spain suddenly collapsed, even as the bloc\u2019s leaders were contending with trade tariffs imposed by President Trump.<\/p>\n

It was quite a Friday for Brussels, the capital of the European Union. On the same\u00a0day wild animals were reported missing at a zoo<\/a>\u00a0in Germany, stirring anxiety, Europe itself seemed to be wandering through a forest of global politics.<\/p>\n

The political uncertainty in Europe\u2019s south, combined with yet another humiliation from Mr. Trump\u2019s Washington, has only added to the sense of consternation, if not crisis, on the Continent.<\/p>\n

In fact, Mr. Trump seemed bent on increasing the pressure on his putative allies in ways that widen fissures both within the European Union and with the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n