"Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's lan..." — David Cameron

It is so important for European countries, post-Second World War, to prove that they can be successful multiethnic and multiracial democracies. I think we in Britain have had great success in avoiding the hatreds and prejudices of the past.

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work.

Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything.

There is not, in my view, a single European demos.