The EU just repudiated itself and nobody noticed

Published November 19, 2011 5:00am ET



America’s Constitution begins, “We the people of the United States.” By contrast, the Treaty of Maastricht that established the European Union begins, “His Majesty the King of the Belgians.” The treaty does say that its member states should have governments “founded on the principles of democracy.” Yet last week, two EU nations ceased to be democracies in any meaningful sense — and the EU orchestrated this outrage.

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