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The study reported that when graduating seniors were quizzed on the U.S. Constitution, the Puritans, and the like, they answered an average of only 54 percent of questions correctly. This proves empirically that most Americans are either dumb enough to forget the basic “civic literacy?...
The treaty effectively replaces the defunct EU Constitution, decidedly shot down by French and Dutch voters in 2005. After the rejection by two countries historically favorable to integration, Europe sank deep into institutional crisis. German Chancellor Angela D. Merkel has since pulled off an improbable and impressive political maneuver by...
In the first place, the “treaty” is no “constitution,” and this seemingly minor change in nomenclature has done wonders for its prospects of approval. Similarly, EU regulations will not be deemed “laws” in the...
This last March, member states invested heavily on marketing campaigns to remind citizens about the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the genesis of the present Union. To the horror of Euro-skeptics around the world, the Union—which started in Rome with six countries in an...
Today, with the rise of undemocratic powers like Russia and China, Europe as a whole has little time for endlessly rotating presidencies, over-bureaucratized central institutions, or, even worse, a half-hearted foreign policy. It needs further coordination with which to augment its power, in order to guarantee the survival...