AI view: the question of EU survival looms larger

First Britain's vote to leave the European Union in June, then Donald Trump's November success in the US presidential election. The two big shock results of last year have led many arguing that many to argue that surprise victories for populist candidates in France and the Netherlands are more likely than the polls suggest. And if far-right and anti-EU presidential candidate Marine Le Pen did become French president, the widely held view is that this would mean curtains for the E…