The Deputy Prime Minister urged European countries trying to sort out their financial problems not [to] “disappear into a windowless room” to discuss changes to treaties that millions of people do not care about.
In an outspoken attack, he suggested that this bureaucracy will only play into the hands of Eurosceptics, such as backbench Conservative MPs, who want to withdraw from the Union.
“If the whole political establishment is about to disappear in to a windowless room in Brussels discussing things that no one understands, it means absolutely nothing to millions of ordinary people who are worried about their jobs, worried about economic security, worried about prospects for their children,” he said.
“I tell you the only people who will benefit are populists, chauvinists and demagogues who will exploit that lack of political leadership… At the moment, our priority is the economy, the economy, the economy.” Read on and comment » | Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent | Tuesday, November 15, 2011
