E.U. Faces Its Next Big Test as France’s Election Looms

By STEVEN ERLANGER and KIMIKO DE FREYTAS-TAMURA from NYT World http://ift.tt/2gWNW3R
via IFTTT The beleaguered European Union faces a series of critical tests in 2017, but none is more important than the French presidential election, with a fierce opponent of the bloc a leading contender.