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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

this is Potomac Watch.

So you think American politics is a mess. Well, spare a thought for Western Europe, which is experiencing a political breakdown of

its own, an industrial policy meltdown along the way, and a marauding Russia on its borders, all on the cusp of the

Eurosceptic Donald Trump returning to the White House in the United States. Today on Potomac Watch,

the European crisis and what it means for the United States and the West. Welcome, I'm Paul

as you go, editor of the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal

on our daily podcast, and I'm here with my colleagues, Joe Sternberg and Jillian Melcher,

both based in London and traveling extensively on the continent, wide experience on the continent.

So let's start just a little backdrop. Germany's government tripartite coalition

collapsed not long ago. A election is looming. Britain's budget with the newly elected labor government

has been met with cat calls by the politicians and the people and the markets to some extent.

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