Kathryn: I also met Sgr. Buttiglione the other day. While I admire his

principled stand on the wording of the EU Constitution, being in a room with

him for an hour left me recalling why Mary Tudor is the favorite monarch of

practically no Englishmen at all.

With all his admirable qualities, Sgr. Buttiglione is no friend of the

Anglosphere. He belongs to that class of European who see the EU as a

rebirth of the Holy Roman Empire. Now, the Holy Roman Empire was not

without its good points; but liberty, democracy, and the advance of

knowledge fourished better outside it than inside it.