Day 1,829: rudderless, ripe

The eu has seldom been so rudderless. Germany’s ruling coalition is at breaking point, all three of its parties beaten at the Euro-elections by the far-right Alternative for Germany, which was in alliance with Ms Le Pen until it got too ripe even for her.

Macron has done well by France. But he risks throwing it all away

Artwork of the day 
Organization
Arshile Gorky
Date: 1933 - 1936
Style: Cubism
Genre: abstract
Dimensions: 50 x 59 cm

Word of the day 
rudderless: (of an organization) without anyone in control and therefore unable to take decisions
ripe: (of fruit or crops) completely developed and ready to be collected or eaten:

Quote of the day
“You feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that’s okay… That’s alright because we’re all meant to be like that at twenty-four.”

― David Nicholls, One Day