Whatever New Arrangements Are Enacted For The

People Are Increasingly Frustrated That Decisions Taken Further And Further Away From Them Mean Their Living Standards Are Slashed Through Enforced Austerity Or Their Taxes Are Used To Bail Out Governments On The Other Side Of The Continent.

Competitiveness Demands Flexibility, Choice And Openness - Or Europe Will Fetch Up In A No-man's Land Between The Rising Economies Of Asia And Market-driven North America.

Over The Longer Term, The Institutions And Powers Of The Eu Will Continue To Expand And Certain Policymaking Powers, Heretofore Vested In The Member States, Will Be Delegated Or Transferred To, Or Pooled And Shared With Eu Institutions. As A Result, The Sovereignty Of The Member States Will Increasingly Be Eroded.

It's Not Just Other Countries In Europe Having A Say Over What We Do. It's Unelected Bureaucrats In Brussels On Sort Of Six-figure, Huge Salaries Telling Us How We Run Our Country Despite Having Never Stood For An Election Themselves.

There Is Not, In My View, A Single European Demos.