Commentary
The European Union is currently in the midst of one of its largest corruption scandals to date.
There are credible allegations that Qatar—the Gulf state that recently hosted the FIFA World Cup—bribed a number of high-level EU figures in order to exert influence on European politics.
Some may well ask: Why should we care about what is a decidedly European scandal, anyways?
Quite simply: It demonstrates the dangers of ceding national sovereignty and putting ideology above actual interests. EU policy happens to be largely directed by left-wing ideology. Political elites in the United States seek to emulate both the European technocratic model and the leftist impetus behind their supranational political regime….