For seven years we will suffer for the opportunistic choices made by the politicians of today. The budget negotiations offered an opportunity to turn the corner towards a stable future for Europe based on growth but vested interests and short sighted political opportunism have made this impossible.
French statesman Georges Clemenceau said war was too important to leave to the generals. I’m beginning to think Europe is too important to leave to the politicians.
That from a European Union Commissioner upset that mere national legislators would interfere with the glorious EU.
These EUzis (or EUrissars, if you prefer) seem to really believe that they stand between the continent and bloody warfare.