SCHEERPOST   Patrick Lawrence: Europe's Fate May 4, 2023   As a new world order takes shape before our eyes, the author, in a recent lecture, considers how Europe can best make use of its position on the eastern edge of the Atlantic world and the western edge of Eurasia.   By Patrick Lawrence / Consortium News   If Emmanuel Macron got one thing done above all others during his recent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, it was to put the question of Europe's place in the global order before a lot of people who would rather not think about it. The French president, as is his habit, once again questioned Europe's status in the Atlantic alliance, notably in his now-famous protest that Europeans cannot allow themselves to be "vassals" of the United States. "Strategic autonomy" must be the Continent's aspiration, Macron asserted for the umpteenth time. Suddenly, the future of the Continent is squarely on the table. Of all the responses to Macron's remarks, and there have been very many, those of Yanis Varoufakis are the most explosive I have seen. [Continue Reading]