"[the EU's] end point [is] the extinction of France, Germany, Italy and the rest of Europe’s historic nations as meaningful political units."
C'mon. Yes it's controversial. But word 'historic' doing lots of work! Politics constantly evolve, 'nations' not that old...
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/o...
Yes, I remember when he came out with that silly ill-informed book on Islam, I tried to engage him critically at a public talk he gave, but didn’t get very far. Amazing how ‘pundits’ get a platform.