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

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

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

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.

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

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.