Meindert Fennema( b. 1946) is an Emeritus professor of political theory at Amsterdam University and a columnist at the Dutch daily De Volkskrant.
The anti-euro parties may be stronger than ever in the next European Parliament. But unless they start working together, they will not be able to backtrack on the single currency, brought in by the economic elites of Europe in the pursuit of their own joint interests.
European project: Stop saying the EU is a failure!
Too often we forget that belonging to the EU enabled countries like Spain and Italy to develop economically, while setting aside their old colonial aspirations. And this should also influence how we see the future of Union, argues a Dutch political scientist.