The Twilight of the Idols, or the Dawn of a Renaissance? Europe's Adieu to History ?

If Todd and Debray's assessment is ruthless, it is not hopeless. In reality, the Trump-Putin couple does not condemn us; it liberates us. It shatters the narcotic comfort of a servitude that dispensed us from thinking and acting for ourselves. America no longer wants to lead us? Good. Russia defies us? So be it. For the first time since 1945, Europe is up against the wall, forced to choose between definitive erasure and the invention of its own power.

This historical "abandonment" is perhaps the chance we were no longer expecting. History is not over, it simply restarts without a tutor. By rediscovering solitude, we can rediscover sovereignty. It is up to us to transform this frightening void into a space of freedom, to cease being the world's museum and finally become the architects of our own destiny. The American century is ending; the time of an adult Europe perhaps begins today.