Herman and the Hermits

Sally McNamara / November 18, 2009

European leaders will meet for dinner tomorrow for a special summit to decide who will become the first permanent EU president and the new EU foreign minister. With the ink barely dry on the illegitimate Lisbon Treaty, EU elites are rushing with indecent haste to anoint the next leaders of Europe. And in typical EU fashion, negotiations over who will become the formal ‘faces of Europe’ will be conducted behind closed doors with zero public input.

Although there is a small chance that the 27 European heads of state and government won’t be able to reach agreement, the free-flowing wine and smoke-filled backrooms of Brussels will likely provide ample opportunity for a dodgy political deal to be struck between the left and right to divvy up the posts. And if any one nation becomes too obstructionist – such as Poland who has annoyed EU officials by calling for candidates to be interviewed – the appointments can be made by majority vote. The EU hasn’t let democracy get in the way of creating these unelected posts, so why bother with it now? (more…)