As Trump and Putin menace Europe, I say this: vive le Churchillo-Gaullisme!

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Should we all be Gaullists now? In the language of France's most important European partner, the answer is "Jein!" (a German word combining ja for yes and nein for no). Yes, Emmanuel Macron has been right to warn us ever since he became France's president in 2017 that, discerning a long-term trend of US disengagement, Europe should be ready to defend itself. Now, confronted with Donald Trump, a rogue US president putting in question an 80-year-old American commitment to the defence of Europe against Russia, lifelong Euro-Atlanticists like me must acknowledge that we need not just a Europe with more…