The EU is seeking a future for itself

Camilla Cavendish thinks the British should learn from the Poles' attitude to the EU. "They come fresh to the labyrinthine process of EU negotiations with a firmer grasp of their national interest than the current occupant of 10 Downing Street. Their reluctance to let Germany grant itself significantly greater voting power makes it Warsaw 1, Berlin 0, as today's EU summit kicks off. Intransigent? Yes. Unacceptable? No. ... On Tuesday, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, told Poland that it risked losing money and support if it blocked a deal to reform the EU's institutions. What, for exercising its democratic right to object? That is blackmail. ... In Britain ... those whom we elect as temporary holders of political office blithely continue to hand power permanently to unelected institutions. Each step hands power to the European Court of Justice, which seizes every opportunity to expand its domain, including slowly eroding national vetoes on tax."

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