Vaira Vike-Freiberga has compared the selection process of an EU President to the secrecy of the Soviet era. Indeed, Eurology is the new Kremlinology. Many months of guesswork by the media have resulted in the naming of the Seven Dwarfs – but what Snow White will look like we do not know. The Public will of course have no say in the matter. This is now customary in the EU. Why bother with democracy... 

Several hundred blonde women marched through the Latvian capital Riga in a bid to cheer up the crisis-hit Baltic nation, suffering the worst recession of all 27 EU member states. Led by an orchestra, the first-ever blonde parade featured women dressed in pink and white, some accompanied by lapdogs, in a charity fund-raising event that organisers hope will become an annual event. “I’m not...