EU President has the charisma of a damp rag

[Boohugh]

The overall point still stands though: if you send in MEPs that are apparently unwilling to co-operate with other EU nations then you do deserve the line "get out or get over it already".

No no, you're absolutely right. We should definitely change our democratic rules and make the EU even less democratically accountable just so we don't cause embarrassment to other EU nations...

but in general it also applies to the UK's less than co-operative stance within the EU.

Definitely! I can't believe the UK has been blocking reform of the Common Agricultural Policy for so long, not to mention the Common Fisheries Policy, which has only managed to achieve the decimation of fish stocks in the North Sea because the UK allowed common fishing of its waters. Oh, and make sure you don't forget that the UK gets given such a massive amount from the EU budget compared to the cash we hand over.

Oh hang on, think I may be confused here...

Perhaps if other EU nations were a bit more cooperative over a multitude of issues then the UK wouldn't have such a problem. The sad fact is, every time we give up something to the EU, we very rarely get back what we were promised in return. I'm still waiting for the reform of the EU budget that the UK was promised in return for giving up our rebate for instance...