British conservative Daniel Hannan writes that the superfatted EU "Constitution" is back, under a different name after the French and Dutch voters rejected it. The "Constitution" is of course an undemocratic juggernaut designed to empower the French-style upper class of Europe in a New Class autocracy. This is therefore crucial struggle between Europe's political elites and those who still believe in electoral democracy. The socialist ruling class wants total power, with elections as icing on the cake. The "Euroskeptics," like Hannan and a small number of others, still want elections to be meaningful choices by the voters. The Euroskeptics have been slowly losing ground for half a century, while the new ruling classes have been gaining. Europe is moving toward a soft version of the Soviet model. This is a major source or  European political pathology and corruption today --- everything is still stuck in a socialist-new-class time warp. The major...(Read Full Post)