Saturday, June 28, 2014

Juncker Named President of European Commission

The Telegraph (U.K.) reports Jean-Claude Juncker has been named President of the European Commission, over the objections of the British. Juncker is a champion of a "United States of Europe" type of integration among the 28 member nations, something Brits don't much favor

This change in EU leadership greatly increases the likelihood that the U.K. (or whatever we call what is left after Scotland leaves the U.K.) will leave the EU. That raises an interesting question: will newly independent Scotland wish to submerge its identity in the EU?

We live in interesting times.