Well, they lasted a year, and at last the far-right racist and xenophobic block of the European Parliament fell apart last week. Known by their ironic title “Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group”, the block dissolved after the Romanian far-right members were offended by derogatory comments by Mussolini’s granddaughter. In practice it means they will get less speaking time in parliament, and perhaps more importantly, no more EU funds for their professional hatred activities. They say when the announcement was made the parliament broke into applause and cheering. I’ll save my applause and cheering for when the mainstream parties stop pushing xenophobic and corporatist policies on European citizens.