Has the British PM set the trend for a European break up?

Apart from the colourful prospects painted by global leaders at the annual World Economic Forum held in Davos, possibly the most watched event has come from British Prime Minister Theresa May emphasising her nation's firm intention to move forward with Brexit plans, going on to say the full effects of globalisation are facing the strongest form of scrutiny since it's inception.  

While Britons voted to exit the free trade agreement with Europe in June 2016, Conservative MP's in the UK have been stalling the process to enact Article 50, a European law that will initiate the beginning of a separation, in an effort to buy time before the US elections.

The relationship between the transatlantic nations has been forged strongly over the decades with the US using the United Kingdom as a strategic proxy to voice it's sentiment on European politics.

It's not coincidental to see the British prime minister drawing out the battle lines over the course of her nation's divorce from Europe just mere days before President-Elect Donald Trump takes office. In a move that's bound to make the blood run cold of European leaders, the decision to begin the process could mark the beginning of the end for the European Union as we know it.    

Brexit talks will be tough and the road ahead will be uncertain, Theresa May says https://t.co/SZKooCChhh #wef17 pic.twitter.com/k9bJOLm0VC

— Bloomberg Brexit (@Brexit) January 19, 2017

 Although Trump hasn't officially taken office, the ever-changing political landscape from which he'll act upon is shifting to a solid foundation built to favour the policies he's willing to implement at the courtesy of his foreign allies, a defining demonstration of the influential impact the US is able to exert on the world.

May's hierarchical gesture of acknowledgement has the power to break up the European single currency union in the authoritative support Trump lends to the debate on whether the European Union is capable of withstanding the economic dilemma's it find itself in or if the world is better off reverting to a state where nationalism and the protection of sovereignty are prioritised.