Europe Needs a New Identity Theory and practice diverge sharply. Europeans claim to have given up their old national identities, but have they really? By Fareed Zakaria The complete Article here http://www.fareedzakaria.com/ARTICLES/newsweek/112105.html
yes, it's based on a strawman premise that Europeans claim to have given up their old national identities.
I thought it was terrible, But it wasn't a case of the french doing a U-turn on thier claim that they have given up thier national identity. The writer of the article sounds like he is saying "ah c'mon french people, You said you were going to stop being french!".