It's Not Just the UK; France Is On the Brink

I have been writing extensively about the decline of the United Kingdom, but it is hardly the only European country facing deep-seated political, economic, and social troubles. - David Strom

• Germany, as we all know, is facing similar issues, as is Sweden.
• But France may be the first of these countries to go from creaking under the weight of decline into a full-blown crisis...

But if you want to understand how unstable French politics and society are, look just below the surface and you will see that France is on the brink of fiscal collapse after years of political dysfunction.

PARIS—There is a country in the European Union saddled with a massive debt pile, rising borrowing costs and governments that collapse in a matter of months—and it’s not Italy.
France, rather, is sliding into a morass that once plagued its southern neighbor...