It is a rare treat when you get to see the seeds of destruction actually being germinated so please take note of this latest pronouncement of Romano Prodi
“According to the Financial Times, Mr Prodi and other EU commissioners have discussed the possibility of having direct elections in order to give the future president a massive democratic mandate. However, they have concluded that it is almost impossible to run a meaningful election campaign all across the EU.”
So Mr.Prodi thinks that future EU Presidents should be appointed by horse-trading and deal-broking (in smoke-free rooms, of course). No, that is not what he actually says but that is what he means.
For all the high-minded ideals and blather about human rights and democracy from the apparatchicks of Brussels, there is no consensus in Europe, no demos in Europe, there is no ‘Europe’ and if there is one eternal truism of politics that is beyond argument it is that no system of government can rule without the consent of the majority of the governed. A government of and by a ruling elite will always fall. Always.
