France is not alone in its crisis of political faith – belief in a democratic world is vanishing

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The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast E mmanuel Macron sounded like a man in grief. Not angry, not defiant, just a little triste . Europe, he lamented, was suffering a “ degeneration of democracy ”. Many threats emanated from outside, from Russia, from