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Europe can become more democratic and decisive by building delivery capacity first in energy, defense, and fiscal policy.
The EU must choose between deeper integration with stronger central authority or returning power to member states — the current hybrid cannot survive.
The European Union faces an irreconcilable tension between the scale required for effective governance in an interconnected world and the conditions necessary for authentic democratic participation.
The Dutch Senate's fate turns on whether democratic legitimacy flows directly from popular will or through institutions that channel and refine that will — a constitutional philosophy question that evidence alone cannot resolve.
Humanity's greatest mistake is designing institutions that systematically fail to align human behavior with collective flourishing, though the council reveals this failure has multiple, interconnected dimensions that resist any single solut…