Lisbon Treaty Builds EU Super-state | Print | E-mail
Written by Alex Newman
Thursday, 10 December 2009 00:00
The once-sovereign nations of Europe are about to become saddled with an even more powerful governing body in Brussels — a powerful new entity taking shape despite the wishes of many citizens and even some national leaders.

The insidious process that has led to the EU being handed almost unlimited powers began almost six decades ago with an innocuous coal and steel union. From there the entity morphed into the friendly sounding “European Economic Community.â€