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French President Emmanuel Macron during a news conference to unveil his policy response to the yellow vests protest, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 25, 2019. Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
One suspects on a purely impressionist basis that not 10 percent of United States citizens could identify the European Union (EU) if asked in a poll.
Even more, I am confident that not 1 percent could identify the European Parliament or any of its elements.
Some Background
Essentially the EU, starting from modest origins, evolved into a monstrously naïve, monstrously ambitious, and monstrously complex organization that defies ability to describe coherently.