THE political class must wake up and act.
Yet there are few signs they will, as they continue to bury their heads in the sand.
In Europe, socialist Francois Hollande swept to power promising to rework the Eurozone’s ‘fiscal compact’ more favourably for France.
At the same time, the Greeks kicked out the eurocrats imposed on them to enforce austerity.
Despite having absorbed a staggering £190 billion in bailouts, with more to come, the Greeks described their bailout conditions as “barbarous” – and indeed the severity of the regime in Greece has brought the country to its knees.
Anyone who has seen the news footage can only pity them.
Now, with anarchy beginning to raise its ugly head, Greece should revert to the drachma, although that might shake the whole EU project to its very foundations.
The Dutch, too, are in trouble, with their government collapsing three weeks ago when it failed to agree austerity measures.
Until then, they’d been among the most enthusiastic cheerleaders for the deal.
Europhiles claim that the only way forward is for even closer political union.
With the EU turning into a wasteland, I cannot comprehend how anyone would even countenance such an idea.
Looking at France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Greece, I seriously doubt they will allow further control over their national destinies.
All have experienced political turmoil and most have changed their leaders.
Even Angela Merkel is in trouble.
The hardworking Germans bitterly resent spending their taxes supporting countries where citizens retire 10 years earlier than they do.
Showing a distinct lack of urgency, the EU is to hold a crisis summit later this month.
I don’t know about you, but I feel so angry that this disastrous federalist experiment has run so long.
It’s time to take our country back and for other European Union members to do the same.
We can still trade, as originally intended, but we must not give away our sovereignty.
Otherwise, the results could be unthinkable.