2019: The EU's Year To Decide

Post-Brexit, Europeans More Favorable Toward EU
But many back empowering national governments on migration and trade, and they want their own vote on EU membership
www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/15/post-brexit-europeans-more-favorable-toward-eu/

Statistics and opinion polls
https://europa.eu/european-union/documents-publications/statistics_en#opinion-polls

EU ministers struggle to deal with Poland and Hungary
https://euobserver.com/justice/143122

Salzburg summit: Austria leads EU’s anti-migrant drive
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45558510

League’s Salvini is Italy’s real leader, poll finds
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-salvini/leagues-salvini-is-italys-real-leader-poll-finds-idUSKCN1N70ZM

Italy defies EU, IMF by approving controversial budget targets
Italy has approved a controversial new budget law, which includes a 2.4 percent public deficit target. The budget defies the European Union’s fiscal discipline rules, but the government insists it will drive investment.
https://www.dw.com/en/italy-defies-eu-imf-by-approving-controversial-budget-targets/a-45856387

It Doesn’t Matter Who Replaces Merkel. Germany Is Broken.
The erosion of the country’s postwar order has created a populace open to messages and movements previously banished to the fringes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/opinion/merkel-germany-christian-democrats.html

WARZONE France riots – Eighth person dies in FIFTH week of ‘yellow vest’ clashes as Paris torn apart by violence
Around 69,000 police officers have been deployed across France with a reinforced presence in the cities of Toulouse, Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne

By Mark Hodge
15th December 2018, 11:00 pmUpdated: 16th December 2018, 2:17 am
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7986279/france-riots-paris-protests-yellow-vests/

Canadian yellow vest protests unlike French movement, despite similar attire: U of S prof
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/yellow-vest-protest-different-france-1.4950839

BRUSSELS OUT Belgian prime minister Charles Michel resigns over migrant crisis days after riots rocked Brussels
Earlier this week, cops fired water cannons and tear gas at protesters outside the EU headquarters

By James Cox
18th December 2018, 8:00 pmUpdated: 18th December 2018, 10:07 pm
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8011451/belgium-prime-minister-charles-michel-resigns/

Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism Hardcover – April 24, 2018
https://www.amazon.com/Us-vs-Them-Failure-Globalism/dp/0525533184

Ian Bremmer on the Failure of Globalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVMAYrGHVB8

‘Yellow vests’: 80 percent of French people consider Macron’s measures ‘insufficient’
https://www.thelocal.fr/20181128/yellow-vests-80-percent-of-french-people-consider-macrons-measures-are-insufficient

French Generals Allegedly Label Macron a ‘Traitor’ over UN Migration Pact
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/19/french-generals-disciplinary-action-labeling-macron-traitor-migrant-pact/

164 countries sign non-binding UN migration pact amid international controversy
https://globalnews.ca/news/4747488/un-migration-pact-signed/