A disputed doctorate. The students of the University of Louvain-la-Neuve opposed the granting of an Honorary Doctorate to Pascal Lamy. In my opinion, their conduct was anti-democratic, unfair, mistaken and presumptuous. Let me explain.
Anti-democratic. The students are part of the Academic Board which grants Honorary Doctorates. This participation they have been granted presupposes on their part the respect of the rules of play. Yet, the decision relating to the European Commissioner was...