Opinion: The question in European Parliament elections is whether the EU is legitimate at all, writes josephsternberg
Brace yourself: European Parliament elections are less than a month away.
As has become customary, voters will engage in a strange act of self-disenfranchisement as they and their candidates eschew any serious discussions about what the European Parliament should do on any of a wide range of policy questions. As a result, we’ll look in vain for a parliamentary majority, let alone a popular consensus, strong enough to advance one or another approach to the EU’s next budget or its trade policies. European voters will abdicate...
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