After years with escalating globalism the nationalists managed to win two important games in 2016. Brexit and Trump. Used to sailing downwind the globalists have got a powerful headwind. How do they handle it ?
Afraid of a nationalist Geert Wilder victory in the forthcoming Dutch elections globalist Dutch PM Rutte took the gloves off and preached a more "populist" view in front of the Davos elite. In a clash with former European Parliament President and hardcore globalist Martin Schulz he advocated a pragmatic approach and to stop lofty speeches. Rutte called for tangible results on migration, security or the internal market in the effort to create jobs. He even went as far to say that the ‘ever closer union’ principle is “buried and gone”. Schultz counterattacked by praising the achievements of the past and the need to push forward EU integration. So while some hope and believe Brexit and Trump will unite the 27 remaining EU member countries further, a more divided Union is perhaps more likely.
And in the UK globalist and Brexit conductor May is leaving 10 Downing Street for talks with nationalist President Trump. The Prime Minister will also address the annual congressional Republican Retreat in Philadelphia and say that the UK and USA will “renew the special relationship” now that President Trump is in the White House. In her speech, Mrs May will compare President Trump’s election to the Brexit referendum, making clear that both votes represent a chance to “renew” America and Britain. May is also expected to say that “.. as we rediscover our confidence together, as you renew your nation just as we renew ours, we have the opportunity – indeed the responsibility – to renew the special relationship for this new age. We have the opportunity to lead, together, again.”
The clashes between the nationalists and globalists will continue and might be tougher than they are today. But hopefully the spinning wheel of dialogue and combat will unite the threads in a fruitful compromise.
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