Gavin Hewitt

Great title! Good counterpart to Bootle's "Trouble with Europe", this is more historical rather than analytical/predictive, includes some great pen-portraits, especially of Berlusconi and his antics. The serious point emerging is about the EU's threat to sovereignty:e.g. both Papandreou and the risible Berlusconi were elected leaders bulldozed out of office by the EU high heijuns. Hewitt shows well how the EU project was rooted in Europe's recovery from Nazism and the Soviet threat and has failed to evolve much since.

I was looking for a book that argued the case in favour of the European Union. Still looking!… (más)