Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why.