High time we kicked Perfidious Albion out of the picture. Few in the UK have ever bothered to think about or understand what it means to be part of a united Europe - we don't need you, and we certainly don't want you laying down the law about what you will and will not accept. Britain should should scuttle off and cling to the skirts of its friends across the Atlantic - you'll discover soon enough what the phrase 'fair-weather friend' means. It's really rather amusing that one of the last acts of your departing Blair should be to try to help Sarkozy drive through his own agenda - Sarko has of course spotted that Blair is a vainglorious self-important fantasist, thus the ideal tool for manipulation by a much smarter politician.

Groucheaux, toulouse, france

Europe is, always has been and always will be, more trouble than it is worth. It would never cease to try to change our way of life. Leave these corrupt little nobodies to slide into ruin on their own. Not to leave the EU now would ruin our prospects of prosperity. EU policies and outlook is simply too old-fashioned, burocratic and parochial to cope with the emerging world. The english-speaking world and the asian tiger econonies should be our focus.

john ross, Eastbourne, Sussex

I couldn't agree more with Paul C from Gloucester....:)
Good luck.

Pascal-Pierre, Dinan/france, European Union

Time to get out? I couldn't agree more.....Was just wondering why it took so long to find out Britain didn't fit in the EU?

Pascal-Pierre, Dinan/france, European Union

How ironical. For years & years people have been complaining or passing opinion that it's wrong & too expensive to appease the pc brigade & provide state funding of interpreters services, which are costing the taxpayer a fortune & diverting monies from other more important & worthwhile causes that the vast majority of British taxpayers expect & deserve. The response from the pc brigade & Government has been to label such remarks as racist rants. Now, suddenly, it's not racist, but common & economic sense to say these things. Finally, the Government has got the message. If these foreigners want translations they should pay for it themselves. It's getting so bad now, that shops are opening with signs & writing on windows that the native British just can't understand as it in a foreign language. If these signs are to be displayed they should be in English with the foreign translation in much smaller letters underneath for tourists' benefit, not for the benefit of the foreigner living here

Lynda Plum, London, england

Well,well, well,....Britain is struggling with its " EU (non)membership"...again. Why does Britain not withdraw from the current EU? Things would be easier for everyone. Since its membership back in the 1970's, London's only thrive was to jeopardize the EU from the inside, preventing any deeper political integration. Britain is certainly on cloud nine since the Dutch and French voted NO in 2005, preventing Britain from a humiliating NO result in their own referendum. Britain is a non member because it doesn't take part in any of the most federal policies such as the euro or schengen. It clinches on its veto right, not only to prevent others from moving ahead but only merely to harm its peers. Obviously Britain's vision of the EU is only that of a Free-trade zone.....it's high time for Britain to make a decision. What if the EU agrees on a new treaty? You are already half out of the EU....:)) You are only a step away from the exit, so.....move ahead...and leave the EU...

Pascal-Pierre, Dinan/france, European Union

So Blair wants to tie the UK into the EU Constitution (which he is now calling a treaty) without a referendum as promised before France & Holland kicked it out. This treaty will, amongst other things, end our veto over laws passed by the EU, create a President a foreign , defence and finance minister, in effect making one state of Europe. Why is he doing it. Could it be Blair knows if it went to a referendum it would be kicked out thus ruining his desire to be the EU President. What sort of democracy have we got. He can’t be allowed to get away with this. If parliament can’t or will not stop him, there’s only one course left. The Queen must intervene. If she hasn’t got the powers to act as a ‘long-stop’ over our country being given away, then what is the point of her existence. She must veto Blair. I can’t see French & Dutch people allowing their governments to go along with this ‘treaty’ & by-pass their vote. British people must make a stand & stop Blair selling us down the river.

Lynda Plum, London, england

Mankind does not deserve Europe, the UN, ...! Thanks to the new era of "animalism", anything human beings try to build as a community should be destroyed and we should return to the age of primates where individuals fight for their own survival without any regard for the community they live in! Europe was built after the horrors of the 2nd world war! Humanity has forgotten how evil mankind can be and will pay a high price for it! Let's be done with it! With our WMDs, we can rid the earth of that plague (humankind)! Just a 45 minutes claim needed to get the process started! Easy peasy! Much faster than slowly cooking under global warming among opt outs!

Antoine, London,

Is there no end to this lunacy? If the promised referendum on any new European Treaty is not held, then the people it is most likely to affect (i.e. the ordinary UK citizen) will be denied their democratic right to voice approval/disapproval. Yet again, we are being sold down the river by Blair/Brown.

Ian Gregory, Accrington, UK

Isn't it about time that we had a referendum in the UK on whether we actually wish to be part of the EU and, if so, to what extent? I believe that it was still an economic community when we were last given the chance to have our say, and was very different from the political union that it has since become.

Richard, Manchester,

If you're serious then UKIP is the way to go...

Daine, Melbourne, FL, US

time to get out of Europe... but will any party actually dare to propose this radical action? I, for one, would be first to vote for a party that would commit irrevocably to getting out of Europe.

paulc, gloucester,

Once again, EU leaders are showing their complete disregard for the democratic process. The EU is fast assuming the mantle of an empire where bureaucracy replaces democracy as its modus operandi. This could be Gordon Brown's nemesis before he even assumes office! If there is to be an EU president s(he) must be voted into power by all the peoples of the EU not its national leaders who, in many cases, do not even represent the majority views of their own electorate. The most important issue for the EU leades to tackle on 21/22 June is the issue of the EU's borders. In that respect, president Sarkozy is correct. As for the latter's idea of a mini-treaty, Gordon Brown should leave it there, ie merely as an idea. If he doesn't, all the Opposition parties in the House of Commons will rightly smell blood and call for either a referendum or an immediate general election. Either way GB will lose power before the end of his first 100 days in office.

Dr David Green, Athens, Greece

I suggest that the Prime Minister should opt out of any agreement that suggests an EU Prme Minister should be extradited for 'crimes against humanity'. At least a 'prima-facie' case should be made in an English court (but not perhaps a Scottish one) before any extradition takes place, although the special dispensation for extraditions to the USA might still be allowed. Or am I beginning to lose track of international law?

Brian Lewis, Manila, Philippines

Brown should represent the U.K. at the meeting not Blair.No changes should be agreed without a referendum.

COLIN , Hong Kong,

So the treaty that contained all these was rejected but comes back

we currently have a veto on EU law

but we are now horsetrading to stop having the treaty "forced" on us


why bother looking for opt out, the EU has shown it will ignor eANY refereendum anyway and carry on

we must leave

barry, lon, uk

Time to leave. Europe causes us only harm and as long as it carries on there will continue to be efforts to undermine our democracy and replace it with an autocratic government from an alien base.

Let us use our Opt out to reclaim our fish.... or at least the now empty waters where hopefully stocks can be replenished.

PJW Holland, London, UK