The favourite to become the leader of the French political party Les Républicains (EPP), Laurent Wauquiez, wants substantial change in the EU, arguing that the 27-member EU “is no longer working”. That was the message he delivered on Thursday 16 November after visiting the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
“I’m a staunch European and I have no doubt of the importance and the relevance of Europe as an extension of French sovereignty”, he said, adding, however, that he was“not...