Philippe Cayla, a former French civil servant, is president of EuroNews, the multilingual and pan-European television news channel subsidized by the European Union. In an op-ed article in Le Monde (January 1/08) he speaks of the need for the peoples of Europe to be better informed about Europe, and he makes some sweeping declarations about sovereignty:

Why speak of Europe? Because the history of nations is ending and the history of Europe has hardly begun. National, economic, commercial and financial sovereignty, as well as military sovereignty, no matter what the nations may say, are finished. These renunciations are definitive, irreversible and so much the better.

Yes, there is a general agreement amongst communication professionals that Europe does not attract television viewers. But what are they offered? Images of leaders at meetings, handshakes, entrance doors that slam shut, doors that close... All with an obscure editorial content. And yet here is a paradox:
nothing is secret in Brussels. Dossiers, negotiations, perspectives, everything is open to the public and to professionals.

He seems to be something of a liar when he says that there are no secrets in Brussels, unless he means that everything is out in the open, once it has been secretly decided upon in private committees.
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