The Case for The EU

While acknowledging it faults (bureaucracy, et cetera), Eric Margolis reminds us what the EU has achieved in 50 years:

"The greatest miracle I have ever seen is today’s French-German border. Nothing now demarcates this long-disputed frontier, over which so many fought and died. This blood-drenched border that evoked such madness and violence has almost vanished. You only know you’ve crossed the border by seeing billboards in French or German."

On the eve of the commemorations at Vimy, I think it's safe to say that three generations ago hardly anyone conceived of this happening.