Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer is the Europe editor at Foreign Policy. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and Forbes, among other places. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and master’s degrees from Peking University and the London School of Economics. The P.Q. stands for Ping-Quon.
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France's former Minister of the Economy Emmanuel Macron looks on after handling over power to French Minister of Finance and also current Minister of Economy Michel Sapin in Paris, on August 31, 2016 following his resignation as economy minister.
France's Emmanuel Macron vowed after stepping down as economy minister on August 30, 2016 to "transform" an ailing country but stopped short of declaring a presidential run. / AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
A passer-by views a mural showing likely US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) kissing the Former Mayor of London and Conservative MP, Boris Johnson, on the side of a building in Bristol, south west England on May 24, 2016.
The mural in Bristol, southwest England, was commissioned by We Are Europe, a campaign group which wants Britain to remain in the European Union at the June 23 vote. / AFP / GEOFF CADDICK / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read GEOFF CADDICK/AFP/Getty Images)
Leave.EU supporters wave Union flags and cheer as the results come in at the Leave.EU referendum party at Millbank Tower in central London early in the morning of June 24, 2016.
First results from Britain's knife-edge referendum showed unexpectedly strong support for leaving the European Union on Friday, sending the pound plummeting as investors feared a historic blow against the 28-nation alliance. / AFP / GEOFF CADDICK (Photo credit should read GEOFF CADDICK/AFP/Getty Images)
A victim receives first aid by rescuers, on March 22, 2016 near Maalbeek metro station in Brussels, after a blast at this station near the EU institutions caused deaths and injuries. AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 21: Belgian security forces patrol on the streets as the Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to the level 4, highest level warning of an "imminent threat", in Brussels, Belgium on November 21, 2015. Authorities warn the people keeping away from crowded areas as well as subway stations temporarily restricted for entrance. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
