Europe needs a leader. Who will step up if Merkel goes? | Simon Jenkins

The German leader’s departure could bring crisis to the EU. Britain could have helped if it hadn’t jumped ship

Suddenly Brexit matters, a lot. Until recently I had regarded it as one of those crises that we muddle through somehow, like the bank collapse or the winter of discontent. Time is the great compromiser. Project fear would turn out to be project not-quite-as-bad-as-we-thought.

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