Kathryn: I also met Sgr. Buttiglione the other day. While I admire his
principled stand on the wording of the EU Constitution, being in a room with
him for an hour left me recalling why Mary Tudor is the favorite monarch of
practically no Englishmen at all.
With all his admirable qualities, Sgr. Buttiglione is no friend of the
Anglosphere. He belongs to that class of European who see the EU as a
rebirth of the Holy Roman Empire. Now, the Holy Roman Empire was not
without its good points; but liberty, democracy, and the advance of
knowledge fourished better outside it than inside it.