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Europe
Brussels chief: EU is a small "elitist" group, fails to connect with voters
2005-10-13
I do live Euro cannabism

The Brussels official charged with selling the European Union to voters said yesterday it had - to date - been the creation of a "small elite" and failed to connect with the public.

Margot Wallstrom, the European Commission's vice-president for communication, said: "This has been a project for a small elite, a political elite. That has worked - until now."

The Swede babe continued in the same confessional vein as she launched a commission campaign to improve Europe's image after this year's No votes in France and Holland on the draft EU constitution.

"Has it ever been alive, European democracy? That is a very good question," she said.

Posted by:Captain America

#6  The EU has made the same mistake the fledging USA made after its Revolution from England, arguing for feel-good CONFEDERATISM when what it wanted was FEDERALISM. No sane Euro founding father/-erette is going to put the fate of his-her entire nation and society in the hands of a small weak committee or extra-national layer of weak bureaucracy where its dubious iff the Euros could even afford said layer right now.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-10-13 23:37  

#5  >> The Brussels official charged with selling the European Union to voters said yesterday it had - to date - been the creation of a "small elite" and failed to connect with the public.

Well, from Estonia: No svit, Sherlock.
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2005-10-13 23:17  

#4  
selling the European Union to voters said yesterday it had - to date - been the creation of a "small elite" and failed to connect with the public.
Margot - Master of the Obvious!
"That has worked - until now."
And delusional.
"Has it ever been alive, European democracy?"
No. Whatever made you think it was?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-10-13 22:24  

#3  I thought Bush's Fault was somewhere in California?
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2005-10-13 22:15  

#2  It's quite obviously Bush's fault.
Posted by: doc   2005-10-13 22:10  

#1  Wonder how long she will last in office with comments like that. Hey, she has a blog . It ain't Rantburg by a long shot, but check it out. Sorry, she is not into snarky comments.

Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-10-13 21:42  

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