The EU really cannot with against the Eurosceptics in this case because if it tries to do too much close to the individual citizen they will say it is intruding in the competences of local government, and if it does too little it is accused of being aloof and irrelevant.
I am more concerned about the bad things the EU did for us, such as agree to airline passenger data transfers to the US, refuse to prosecute the SWIFT data protection violation, stop pushing for visa-free travel to the US for all EU citizens, and so on. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
The bad things - of course. We have to push harder to get all Schengen states into the waiver agreement. Perhaps it would be better to let the waiver go alltogether, though I'd wait out the Bush administration first.
I think it is more likely that they don't understand the EU from the point of view of the citizens. That is, they are vaguely aware of an image or legitimacy problem, but they can't put themselves in the citizen's place. A case of "why do they hate us?"
A communication department that can come up with the name "Plan D" for their communication strategy is doomed. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
cannot win against We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
