MARK STEYN has scored another hit with his column on European integration, "There was a European, a European and a European . . ." A sample paragraph:

Under the convention's proposals, a new European Trait Commissioner will be given the authority to break down trait barriers within the EU and correct regional imbalances. "Mr Berlusconi, for example, would benefit from being more Finnish and dour, or if necessary Swedish and suicidal."

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