I've long stated that the European project will never be properly understood by the general populace until the European Parliament gets more time on the national  news bulletins.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Yep.

And the only meaningful change (beyond the small matter of giving political legitimacy to the EU) brought about by the European Constitution was to give more decision power to the European Parliament.

Yet for some reason, the lefties are happy with the outcome of the "non" vote.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

Indeed. Our "last, best hope". (I think Abraham Lincoln said it but I'm not sure.)