Introduction: Once More unto the Breaches

Jacques Le Cacheux (1, 2, 3)

1 CATT - Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement des données économiques
2 OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po)
3 UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

After the French presidential election in May of 2017, which saw the decisive victory of Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen, a sigh of relief could be heard in all European capitals and Brussels headquarters: the worse had been avoided, the European Union (EU) would survive. A visibly rejoiced European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker would even go on declaring on 13 September 2017 that “the wind” was “back in Europe’s sails”. A little more than a year later, the gentle breeze has turned, once more, into a fierce tornado. [First paragraph]

Mots clés: European Union; Economic policy; Euro

Domaines: Economies et finances

Jacques Le Cacheux. Introduction: Once More unto the Breaches. Jérôme Creel; Eloi Laurent; Jérôme Creel; Eloi Laurent; Jacques Le Cacheux. Report on the State of the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave Macmillan, pp.1 - 9, 2018, 9783319983646. ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-98364-6_1⟩. ⟨hal-03397981⟩