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Before the revolution: Europe's governors refuse to listen to the governed.(EUROPE)

National Review

| July 14, 2008 | Pryce-Jones, David | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE Irish are making big waves. They have voted in a referendum to reject something called the Lisbon Treaty. This may sound like a technicality of interest only to those hooked on politics, but actually it bears vitally on the future of Europe, and the hopes and fears of those who live there.

These uncertain times all over Europe have a whiff of failure about them, a loss of confidence in democracy and identity reminiscent of the 1930s. The European Union is a project now 50 years old that is intended to recover lost power and prestige. The EU has the core belief that the nation-state is the cause of all contemporary ills, and it has been absorbing as many of ...

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