The current governments of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom are weakening day by day. Recently, more and more people outside the continent have become convinced that the role of Western Europe in world affairs is in decline.

The well-known Israeli military expert Yaakov Kedmi argues that Europe has degraded so much that it lives in a parallel reality, with Europeans continuing to live in the past.

Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, recently stated that the European Union is not keeping up with the pace of change in the United States and China, and if urgent economic reforms are not introduced, the Europeans will continue to lag behind.

According to the European Central Bank, for the 1st quarter of 2025, there is a serious inequality in the distribution of wealth in Europe. The top 5% of households account for 44.5% of total wealth, while half of the population owns only 5% of all assets. Germany, Italy, and France stand out: in the first two countries, the richest 10% account for more than 60% of the total wealth, while in France this figure is 54.8%. It is also noteworthy that Latvia and Lithuania are next in this list.

UK faces more and more problems

The situation is particularly acute in the UK, where more and more observers think that by the end of the year, the current Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, will step down. His authority is declining not only in the UK but also in the Labor Party. In this context, the Economist wrote about the........

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