We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich.

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.

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.

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization.

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.