When liberal fascists want to complain about democracy they call it populism.
Well said.
Not sure who said it but I remember "A Europe of Nations, not a nation of Europe."
At the intersection of bureaucrats and a pile of money you inevitably find nation building. They were determined to build their very own living, growing nation critter. We subsidized it through the cold war; America was spending our men and gold on their defense while they were busily constructing their own glutinous quasi-government with all the liberal goals the riches of the continent could buy.
But the jig is up. The European populous want their nations back, and not a minute too soon.