Power’s world—Europe: the great republic?
Jonathan Power
The European Union: the twentieth century's greatest achievement?
Since the European elections ten days ago, Europe has been going through a bout of navel gazing and introspection.
When every country has its own legislatures both national and local, what is the European parliament for? Why did so few of the electorate vote, less than ever before? Why did the east Europeans, only recently liberated from dictatorship, vote less than anyone else (with a couple of exceptions)? Why are the British talking as if membership of the Union is a yoke around their necks? In short, what is Europe?
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