Were the Euroskeptics right after all? Was the dream of a unified Europe – inspired by fears of another European war, and sustained by the idealistic hope that nation-states were obsolete and would give way to good Europeans – a utopian dead end?

- The Weariness of Men and Nations (ThE European, 7 december 2011)
- 'Democratie is té duur' (de Volkskrant, 10 december 2011)
- Nu wil de Europeaan ineens pure democratie (Trouw, 14 december 2011)