Agree on most of your points but, hopefully with a more positive tone than Elagabalus, do take issue with one of your foci:
- do not think that Merkel and May's survivability belong together
- weeks ago, your theme was that the EU and some western democratic leaders were in trouble.  Guess it depends upon your news sources but the EU and almost all western democratic leaders appeared to be strong and in control.  In fact, the nay-sayers, doubters, and right wing elements against those leaders and the EU appear to have repeatedly lost elections, support, or party seats in representative bodies.
- yes, make a distinction but, just as in the US, European new agencies also disagree on what, how, and the way they described the G20 meeting, etc.