Where do things go now that Brussels has rejected the Italian budget plan?

Absurd arguments about poverty.

Taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing cronyism.

By world standards, the EU actually deserves a good bit of praise.

Given the dismal track record of other international bureaucracies, as well as the systemic failure of foreign aid to produce better economic performance, it’s unclear whether any reforms could salvage the EBRD.

A pro-market Dr. Jekyll for French policy and a statist Mr. Hyde for European policy.

Harmonization didn’t make Europe rich.

The EU is terrified of free market competition.

Tax competition will force other nations to respond.

EU bureaucrats keep pushing for more bad policy.