Macron, who called NATO brain dead, warns of end to G

Emmanuel Macron has a penchant for predicting the end of eras.

Back in 2019, years before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it was the pronouncement that NATO was effectively brain dead. Indeed the post-war military alliance has struggled to rise to the occasion.

Now, at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa boycotted by the US — its most powerful member — Macron has put on his Cassandra-like hat again.

“Meeting for the first time on the African continent marks an important milestone in the life of the G20,” Macron said in his opening remarks in Johannesburg. “But we must also recognize that the G-20 may be reaching the end of a cycle.”

The very existence of the bloc, he added for emphasis, is at risk.

His prognosis was reflected in the drab optics of the family photo, where the few reco