I suspect the libertarian centralist opponents of federalism are secretly upset that the EU Constitution has gone down to defeat. After all, what self-respecting, politically-correct, egalitarian libertarian could fail to support a new central state being formed that could forcibly suppress “bad” things like “opponents worrying about loss of national control and identity to a stronger, unaccountable EU bureaucracy at the heart of a superstate” and “anxiety about mostly Muslim Turkey possibly becoming an EU member”. The Netherlands voters were worried about “losing control of immigration rules that have been tightened to stem an influx from Muslim countries amid ethnic … Continue reading Libertarian Centralists and Europe