While I agree that the EU ressembles an Empire far more than it does ressemble a nation, I find it pretty ridiculous to call it "evil". What´s so evil in uniting a continent so that we can all speak with one voice and defend our interests together?

Of course its long term meaning is about "obliterating" borders in Europe, and governing that modern Empire from a central capital in Brussels. But this one is not about spreading ideas of fighting certain groups in our societies like in the communist era. It is about moving all those great nations together. Since the rest of the world isn´t waiting for us, we have to speed things up and cannot always be considerate of "brakesmen" like Poland or Britain.

Merkel has performed greatly especially towards Poland in Brussels. With admireable patience she tried to offer them more than would have been justified. But among her diplomatic tools she did not forget to carry a big stick in case they become too insolent.

The polish example proved perfectly why we needed a new fundament for the EU - from 2014 on, such outrageous veto-threats won´t show up anymore.