About a year ago, I suggested that Mr. Petr Mach MEP write a response to Mr. Dalibor Roháč’s (then with the Cato Institute, now with the AEI) article arguing the case for the European Union. Mr. Mach did write such a response and Mr. Roháč responded again. I have immediately written this further response but somehow never got around to publishing it. Here it is, written as it was two years ago, with two minor updates:
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Dalibor Roháč further argues his cause for the European Union (EU). His new piece concentrates mainly on three topics: trade protectionism, immigration protectionism, and Putin’s threat. Let me deal with them one by one.
Yes, Mr. Roháč is right when he calls out Marine Le Pen or Viktor Orbán as socialists and protectionists. And yes, there are many other left-leaning Euroskeptic parties and personalities. But all Europhile parties are left-leaning in the sense that they love the overregulated single market, the customs union, the price caps in some industries and ludicrous anti-trust policies in others, the subsidy bonanza and the like. Continue reading “A further response to Dalibor Roháč: Why there is no libertarian case for the EU”