Garton Ash acknowledges – he could hardly do otherwise –  that “European integration has rightly been described as a project of the elites”; but in the next breath he insists that the EU has enjoyed the support of “a passive consensus among most of Europe’s national publics.” Balderdash.  He himself admits that while most Germans “opposed giving up their treasured deutsch mark,” they weren’t asked their opinion about the matter.  Similarly, he notes that the important EU decisions are made behind closed doors and that Europeans, realizing that their votes in EU elections are irrelevant, have participated in those farces in ever-shriveling numbers.  Yet to Garton Ash, the fact that the EU has put a big dent in European democracy is a minor issue.  Democratic or not, he knows the EU is good for Europe – and if most Europeans don’t agree, well, all the more reason to be glad that their opinions don’t count. http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/among-the-eutopians/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=388ba2e28d-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag

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