Europa and the Bull: A lesson for European democracy

I am reminded of Erich Maria Remarque's great anti-war novel 'Im Westen Nichts Neues' - better known in the English speaking world as 'All Quiet on the Western Front.'

The recent decision of the Dutch cabinet and the even more recent decision of the Dutch Labour Party that a referendum is not required on the constitutional Reform Treaty has closed off one impending avenue of political frisson. No longer is there any point in we commentators speculating what might happen in the event o...