That is indeed the EU in a nutshell; "Just sign this nice blank document," say the Eurocrats. "And we'll fill it in for you."The treaty - still being argued over and translated into four languages until the last minute - was not printed. The six (signatory nations) went ahead with the ceremony anyway. The print shop sent six copies of the title page, and the last, or signature page, but in between these two the entire text of the treaty was missing.
The six heads of government put their signatures to a blank document.
What could go wrong with that arrangement? Thank Heaven not everyone is looking forward to the next half century.
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I'm a Europhile by most means, but I cannot fin myself throwing out a "huzzah" on this anniversary. Instead of isolating loony socialist governments and their beauracrats within separate countries, this "community" is nothing more than a soapbox for little would-be dictators to wrangle dominance over the continent where a certain mustachioed demagogue failed.
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