More spokespeople is not how to save the EU

In his opinion piece from 13 September entitled “How to save the EU”, the author, an incognito EU official, offers advice on improving the commission’s communications.

But the first - understandably self-preservatory - point he makes, is to shift the blame for the declining trust in the EU from institutions to national governments.

One doesn’t need to be a eurocrat to know that member states, in the best case scenario, put their...