Europe is failing to restore idealism

Commentary article on challenges facin the European Union in the light of 'no' votes by citizens in referendums in France, the Netherlands and, most recently, Ireland on EU issues.

The author writes: 'What does the EU offer in place of liberal democracy in the nation state? There is now a widespread impression across Europe - and especially among the young - that it is in danger of offering pseudo-democracy, remote bureaucratic government thinly disguised by a European Parliament'.