The European Union was built on the myth that we are one people with one common destiny — an “ever closer union,” in the words of the 1957 Treaty of Rome that founded what was then called the European Economic Community. We are now discovering that regio

Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen has said in an interview with current affairs magazine he does not want to become leader of the Christian Democrats CDA. He said, “I am stuck with an image that keeps on being used against the CDA.” Since Prime Minis

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- When it comes to fighting the European crisis, the Netherlands may as well be a part of Germany. “The Dutch are often a mainstay for the Germans, and as such, play a bigger role then justified by their economy,” said Sylvester Eij