It's a grotesque misunderstanding of what the European Union is and how it works, says Lord Tebbit. Europe appears sometimes as incapable of deciding things because its members don't want it to decide., he adds. The EU is run by the prime ministers of Europe; there is no law,. There's no decision that is taken in Brussels that was not originally agreed upon there.
Journalist and author Anne Applebaum talks about her book, Twilight of Democracy, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Applebaum discusses the rise of populist and nationalist movements in Eastern Europe as well as in the West, and the appeal of these movements even when they begin to erode or destroy democracy.