EUROPE (OLD OR NEW) MATTERS

America yawns over the news of the rejection of the EU Constitution. But the stakes are still high and the US cannot afford to marginalize Europe. The rejection votes in France and the Netherlands seem to have put some basic issues involving the EU at question. The net effect will probably be quite beneficial. http://economist.com/world/na/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=4033514 This review from the Times Literary Supplement of three recent works also makes some very interesting points about the future course of European politics, especially from a British perspective. http://www.the-tls.co.uk/this_week/story.aspx?story_id=2111006 And finally, here is a brilliant piece from The Spectator. http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php?id=6199