Paul Mason relies on tired old cliches – and, bizarrely, his dislike of the Belgian police – to justify his claim that there is no democratic control over the European Union (G2, 19 October). He talks of “vast bureaucratic structures” and “the sheer size of EU directorates”, yet the whole European commission has around the same number of employees as Leeds city council. He says there should be a veto on whether Ukraine and Turkey should join the EU, seemingly oblivious to the fact that there is one – all current member countries would have to agree for them to …read more
Source: The Guardian
