“There can be no democratic choice against the European treaties.” So said Jean-Claude Juncker – and he meant it.
He should try to imagine how the suffering Greeks feel as the referendum due on Sunday looms.
The country’s suffering should be ended by bringing in a debt write-down and a new, free-floating currency.
Plus: The SNP take over a bar, a rumpus at Women to Win, no booze at Steve Hilton’s book launch…and from Russia with Love to Soames.
The Vice President of the EU Commission shares our frustrations with the Brussels machine.
The close-run fight for the future of our country comfortably wins both polls by clear majorities, trumping defections to UKIP and showdowns with Europe.
The leader of the ECR group begins a new column for ConservativeHome.
Ultimately, the fight for free markets comes down to emotion not economics, the heart not the wallet.
Cameron’s inability to read Merkel’s intentions is part of a much wider ignorance of German geography, history, politics, language and manners.
Plus: The fiendish Guido seating plan. Mike Read is not a racist. And: shame on the six Conservative MEPs who voted for Juncker.
Despite pressure from No 10, the Tory delegation will not be whipped to vote for the euro-federalist and his team.
There’s no good reason to make rebels of MEPs who simply want to oppose the arch-federalist, as Cameron did mere months ago.
In his monthly column, the leader of Britain’s Conservative MEPs explains how Vicky Ford and Kay Swinburne will play a crucial role.
The ECR Group is now the European Parliament’s de facto opposition – and we have a radical alternative to offer.
Anything short of this is of secondary importance.