The EU and David Cameron

Is it legal under the Working Time Directive for someone to do a full day’s work before starting again at dinner then working through until six in the morning?  If it is legal, is it sane?  It seems that the European Union imposes detailed rules upon society but then exempts itself.  Although important negotiations may overrun, no successful organisation would schedule a meeting to end at six in the morning.  No wonder Mr. Sarkozy was so piqued and the Baltic lady in a teenage strop.

Fortunately, David Cameron showed himself to be made of sterner stuff and did not waiver under what must have been intense pressure.  This meant that he was able to safeguard the ‘national interest’.  That is to say he vetoed a treaty that looked as if it would make Europe more inward looking, protectionist and hostile to free markets.  The proposed treaty is about preserving the Europe that might have worked in the 1950s not one can compete with China and India.

I have said before that the Euro needs to be abolished and the constituent currencies restored.  This will allow European nations to compete with the world rather than become dependent upon German charity.  However, we cannot tell other European governments what to do.  We can merely protect or own interests.

David Cameron did this last week.  His is an internationalist vision based on free trade and democratic nation states.  It is in line with Britain’s historic place in the world and will help us prosper in the years to come.  The European Union cannot even organise a meeting at a sensible time of day.