By choosing Jean-Claude Juncker as lead candidate for this May’s European Parliament elections, the European People’s Party has brought a man to the forefront, who routinely acts a proponent of political lies. It’s not that the other Euro parties act differently, but they usually do not admit it.

Juncker commits openly to fooling the public and doing so in a methodic manner. He speaks out about it every now and then, apparently being seized by the urge to tell the truth, no matter what. [Read more...]