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

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.

Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it.

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.