What vexes Prodi and other big-government types is that individual nations still have veto power over a number of issues, most particularly taxation.

FORBES: Fact And Comment

What vexes Prodi and other big-government types is that individual nations still have veto power over a number of issues, particularly taxation.

FORBES: Fact And Comment

Democracies provide a clear process to determine who succeeds to power, but in other types of government, this can be a major problem, and has been many times throughout history.

NPR: The History of Political Succession