Liberalism, at least of the classical variety, desperately needs a strong defender. But it won’t be Angela Merkel. Nor will it be Europe. Popular currents are running strongly in the other direction. The question no longer is how fast will postmodern continental government emerge? The question is becoming: what form of continental government can long survive?

Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan.

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