There is a case for saying that no one has done so much for European unity as Donald J Trump. If assessed on purely objective grounds he would be a shoo-in for this year’s Charlemagne Prize, an award given to “individuals or institutions for work done in the service of European unification”.
Mr Trump might spurn an award – and we know he thinks that the European Union was formed after the Second World War with the aim of “screwing America” – yet his actions since his election last November have pushed almost every European nation towards an ever-closer union and to cooperate on defence and security as never before.
