If the EU is losing weight on the world stage, it is not because democracy is obsolete or values outdated; it is because ambition has outpaced ability.
The Commission once again tries to tax citizens directly without going through their member states in a fiscal experiment paving the way for the EU becoming a state.
The tragedy of Europe today is not that it lacks a majority for change, but that it fears to use it.
Despite legal scandals and rising dissent, the Commission president will survive thanks to a stitched-together pro-Brussels elite.
Open-borders Europe is an asymmetric privilege for few, not a genuine freedom for all Europeans.
