European institutions are supposed to represent European society, which, theoretically, seems quite understandable. The problem is that the EU institutions exist, whereas European society does not. Such a society will—we are told—come into existence some time in the future, but this belief is a part of the EU creed, for which evidence is, to say the least, shaky. But once we accept the basic premise that the existing institutions may act for, and in the name of, the society that is believed to emerge in the future, we give them extraordinary powers far exceeding those that are granted within
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