Closing itself in a fortress, under the hegemony of the Franco-German axis, Europe is self-condemned to a progressive irrelevance in a world in which the migration is a permanent feature of the modern history.
The Italian elections have resulted in the unexpected defeat of the past governments, and with the success of Five Star Movement and the League have opened an opposition attitude towards eurozone's policy.
The two mainstream parties, which have marked the history of the Fifth Republic have been both heavily defeated.The historic Franco-German couple at the helm of the European engine is adrift. The euro-area can hardly continue to mask its crisis.
The populism alibi masks real problems of Western democracies. Behind its demagogic tone, Donald Trump has opened a new chapter in the political debate on the negative social effects of globalization,.