Tussle in Brussels and Strife in Strausborg

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.