Well, the truth will out eventually. The European Union has just been labeled "an empire" -- something its critics have been ridiculed for saying for a long, long time. This is now creating a big fuss in Europe. According to EUReferendum, "It's an "Empire" - official."And here we have it from the horse's mouth (or backside)... el presidente (Jose Manuel) Barroso in full flow in Strasbourg, speaking to journalists in a press conference today. And this is what he said*:"Sometimes I like to compare it to compare the EU as a creation to the organisation of empires. We have the dimension of Empire but there is a great difference. Empires were usually made with force with a centre imposing diktat, a will on the others. Now what we have is the first non-Imperial empire. We have 27 countries that fully decided to work together and to pool their sovereignty. I believe it is a great construction and we should be proud of it. At least, we in the Commission are...(Read Full Post)