*** The Federalist. A Political Review. Edif (8 Villa Glori, I-27100 Pavia. Internet: www.thefederalist.eu). 2014, 184 pp. Annual subscription: €35 (Europe), €50 (elsewhere).
Federalists have long been absent from the ranks of the select who decide the future of Europe, or at least, if any are there, then, like Belgium's Guy Verhofstadt when he was prime minister, they don't dare assert themselves openly. It is as though federalism were banned at the European Council and hence within...