A new two-speed Europe could leave Britain behind
The flexibility of Europe "a la carte" has served the European Union – and Britain, the club's grumpiest member – pretty well over the years. If the EU had waited for Britain to sign up to the Schengen agreement, with its abolition of border controls within the union, there would still be guard huts and stripy poles on frontiers across the continent. Even the Liberal Democrats, the most pro-European British political party, have gone awfully quiet about their idea for Britain to sign up to the single currency. Such opt-outs did Britain, and the rest of the EU, a mutual favour.… Seguir leyendo »