The French president’s domestic woes have dimmed his ambitions and weakened his influence within the European Union.
France’s Emmanuel Macron will arrive in Brussels for a key European Council meeting with his reputation as the continent’s idea man long gone and replaced by a new one: chief party pooper.
As European Union leaders gather to game-plan in the face of existential crises, they can no longer rely on Macron’s grandiose ideas.
Macron’s grandiose ideas
Author summary: Macron's influence in EU weakened.