Will 2015 be the year that breaks up Europe?
With elections in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Poland, and the UK, “ever closer union” is ever closer to collapsing.
Prediction: Scotland Referendum
Nessie will not show up to vote “Yes.”
Meanwhile, Cyprus’ bailout cost nearly doubles
What’s that? You thought the crisis in the eurozone was over? Guess again.
Nobel Committee chose EU for Peace Prize when euroskeptic member was out sick
It turns out the Nobel Committee members made sure their one voice of sanity on Europe was out sick when they awarded the EU the Peace Prize. Even more bizarrely, the voice of sanity came from Norway’s Socialist Left.
The France Chronicles
Horrified at the notion that a right-wing American might endorse him, Francois Hollande tries to scare me off, but Nicolas Sarkozy scares me right back. Je suis désolé, Francois; you’re still the odds-on favorite to win my backing in the run-off.
Meanwhile, in France . . .
Nicolas Sarkozy takes aim at foreigners . . . the wrong foreigners.