Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles

Europe was conquered by the Germans and liberated by the Anglo Saxons - half in '45, half in '90.  Now it looks like Germany and it's Germanic allies are conquering the continent again via Brussels.  With money.  Once again, the Anglo Saxons sit outside, aloof and free.  The sheer bloody irony of it all is amazing.

Open Europe quotes this from an article she has written for De Standaard:

David Cameron says no to a new European treaty, while listening to his English voters, and is accused of being someone who “blackmails” Europe. Twenty six other government leaders and heads of state don’t give their parliaments but European bureaucrats control over their budgets…this kind of top down integration carries the risk that democratic support for the Union shrinks. Europe and democracy: for now they don’t seem together. Unless you consider it democracy that elected leaders in Brussels agree upon common measures which they can’t or don’t dare to push through in their own countries.”

Quite (and check out some of the other commentary quoted on the Open Europe site).