>http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleID.18718/article_detail.asp
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>Presumably, the author has a depth of knowledge regarding European matters. I would be interested in comments from the Europeans on this forum.

Sorry load of rubbish i'm afraid..To pick on just one thing:
"Because of this unrepresentative politics, lots of ideas supported by a majority of the European public--like the death penalty--have no chance of becoming law."
I still have to meet the 1st European who is FOR the death penalty...
And this is another gem:
"The tradition of a peasantry ruled by its "betters" endures in numerous ways."

Peasantry Europe ? Come on, pull the other one

A+
jml