The clip below shows Jose Manuel Barroso - President of the European Commission, making his acceptance speech in Strasbourg in 2009. As president of the European Commission, Barroso is responsible for all legislation passed. He is the Prime Minister of Europe.
Here is the President of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy, responding to a young student's question.
In the clips above, they both use the word 'democracy,' Barroso with reference to his appointment as the leader of the government of Europe, and Van Rompuy with a palpable distaste for the word. These men share a vision for Europe, and indeed the whole world, wherein power is centralised within a supranational authority, and nation states no longer have full control of their country's laws. They are extremely close to achieving their goal.
This post focuses on the goals of the European Union's current leadership and examines them in the context of democracy and freedom.
