EU Edges its Way Toward Defining a ‘New Europe’

CS Monitor: The European Union’s two preeminent political leaders will sit down this week in an imposing medieval fortress off France’s Mediterranean coast. And a lot more than croissants and canapés will be on the menu.

What they’ve be chewing over for some time is more substantial: the prospect of what might be called a “new Europe.”

For decades, European countries have been key partners of the United States. Yet with France and Germany taking the lead, the 27-member EU seems to be grappling its way toward a more assertively independent identity. Read More …

Opinion: That Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel are the two leaders to meet, clearly demonstrates who’s in charge. And since Mrs. Merkel announced she would stand down as Leader of the CDU at the party convention in December 2018, and would not seek a fifth term as Chancellor in 2021, Emmanuel Macron is emerging head of the EU.

Just two weeks ago, Macron received an emperor’s welcome on a trip to Lebanon in the wake of the devastating explosion with throngs of Lebanese pleading with him to lead the torn nation:

Macron’s Moment: Cheering Crowds In Devastated Beirut

August 7, 2020 IBT Times:

Doing what no senior Lebanese leader had done since the deadly explosion at Beirut port two days earlier, the French president allowed himself to be thronged by residents of one of the capital’s worst-hit neighbourhoods.

White shirt sleeves rolled up, Emmanuel Macron waded through cheering crowds in the devastated streets of Beirut Thursday where disaster survivors pleaded with him to help get rid of their reviled ruling elite.

We know from Daniel 7 and 8 that the final head of the revived Roman Empire …

• Will speak pompous words Daniel 7:20
• Will persecute the saints of the Most High 7:25
• Will shall speak pompous words against the Most High Daniel 7:25
• Will have fierce features and understand sinister schemes Dan. 8:23
• His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power Daniel 8:24
• And he shall exalt himself in his heart Daniel 8:25

When he arrives on the world stage, he will establish himself by confirming a peace treaty with Israel and ‘many’ Daniel 9:27.

What is interesting is that just in the past week, 6 nations are talking peace with Israel: UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, and Emmanuel Macron is rising.