The pleasure of self-flagellation. What if the hour of self-flagellation had passed for Europe? It was of course necessary to re-examine our consciences and this process has not yet finished. The EU could not always be proud of what it has achieved and it must not ignore the signals being sent by public opinion in the form of lack of interest in elections, lacklustre results in the opinion polls and street protests. But we can ask ourselves whether politicians and commentators sometimes...