Letter to the Editor: EU 'Crisis'

SIR - Federalist European leaders including our own Prime Minister are portraying recent events in the EU as a 'deep crisis' and doomsday scenarios are afoot in the corridors of power in Brussels.

This is certainly not a case for pessimism or despair. Early indications are that EU leaders have not yet realised this glaringly obvious opportunity. Instead of rising to the challenge of reform laid down by the people of Europe, the EU summit decided to put the constitution on ice so that the European elite can think of some way to reanimate the corpse.

Europe should see the 'no' votes in France and the Netherlands, and the breakdown of negotiations on the EU budget last week, as a huge opportunity to reform the EU and set us on a course for a return to the free-trade agreement we voted for in 1975.

Yours faithfully,

Nirj Deva DL MEP
Member of the European Parliament for South East England