Macron’s inability to institute a coherent coronavirus resistance program intensifies the sense of crisis. On top of the EU’s failure to procure sufficient vaccines and initiate a rollout, excessive red tape – for which France is notorious – is a factor here.
Macron is guilty of blatant politicking over vaccines, putting the health of millions at risk. So why has he done it? The answer is a mix of vanity, personal ambition – and hatred of Brexit which, he once told me, he regards as a ‘crime’.
In the ‘vaccine war’ he saw his chance to be a ‘general’. And his ultimate goal is clear. He views himself as the only candidate to succeed Germany’s Angela Merkel as de facto leader of the EU and the greater federal project.
UK success in going it alone in the vaccine race emphasizes the failings of the bloc, which he cannot stomach.
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