It appears that a massive wave of heat has hit the European political scene in these first weeks of summer.
The EU faces unprecedented turbulence shaking its core and undermining its relations with traditional partners.
We seem helpless towards the migration challenge, which shook the foundations of the so-far stable German coalition and brought to power or strengthened populist and extremist forces.
We are also faced with an American president who takes one-sided decision...
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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.