Shaking Up the Brussels Bureaucracy

Most young Europeans don't dream of making it big in Brussels. But members of the European Parliament Nick Clegg, 34, Michiel van Hulten, 32, and Lousewies van der Laan, 35, are not your average thirty-somethings. For a start, they are passionate about European politics — and that means they're passionate about the European Union. Mention institutional reform and they bristle with excitement; ask of their ambitions and they gush about shaking up the E.U. "If you're young and want to change things, you should follow the power — and power is shifting toward Brussels," says Dutch Liberal Van der...

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