EU Has Meddled Too Much, Admits Boss Juncker …  More The European Union meddles too much in people's lives, according to its most senior official.  In a significant admission, Jean-Claude Juncker said a lot of the laws made in Brussels should have been left to national governments.  As a result the EU has lost popularity with ordinary people because they feel it over-regulates, the European Commission President said.  – Sky News

Jean-Claude Juncker's statement that the EU has meddled too much has reverberated around the world. It's received a lot of coverage in Britain, where the Brexit debate – over whether Britain leaves the EU or stays – is ongoing.

Juncker's statement came at a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg. He made it in response to a question from Tory MP Nigel Evans who asked whether top EU officials understood that the Brexit was just part of a much larger wave of anti-EU sentiment.

The EU has recently been rocked by a Dutch Referendum that voted down a comprehensive EU trade treaty negotiated with Ukraine. A recently passed law that came into effect on July 1st, 2015 allows EU countries to call for a plebiscite on newly adopted acts and treaties.

If the legislation is voted down (30 percent must vote), then the EU as a whole must reconsider what has been decided upon for the larger union. It's not clear what the EU will do regarding Ukraine since it has already negotiated the treaty, but based on the new law, the EU will have to take some sort of additional action.

Juncker's statement is further evidence that even at the very top of the EU, understanding exists that the entire experiment is in jeopardy. Nonetheless, we also learn that Juncker, "refused to answer what Brussels was doing to slash costs and tackle the Commission's eye-watering Budget."

Juncker's refusal to respond with specifics regarding EU cost-cutting is one reason why his larger admission is probably more rhetorical than real.

The hallmarks of the EU are dissembling and arrogance. From the very beginning of the EU project, it has been marked by planning that doesn't misleads those who must live under its regime.

The most prominent disassembling has to do with the determination to initiate a euro currency before creating a stronger political union.

This actually was done on purpose, as we've pointed out in previous articles, to create the very kind of financial crisis that now infects the EU. The idea was that only a powerful crisis would create the kind of impetus necessary to turn the EU from a trading pact into a "United States of Europe."

Such mass manipulation was a regular part of 20th century politics. In the 21st century – in part because of the Internet – it has become more difficult to to implement critical strategies without the acquiescence of those affected.