Designed by its founders to pursue ever closer union the EU has reached fundamental decision point. While its elites still press for greater
integration, support for the project among its citizenry is dwindling fast.
A noble dream born in the shadow of a terrible war, conceived in a world of powerful blocs dominated by the United States and the USSR,
the European Union has become hopelessly ill equipped for an era of globalisation and emerging markets. In its current form it is nothing less
than the greatest obstacle between Europe and success. What’s more, if nothing changes, its share of world GDP will drop sharply and its
influence will be greatly diminished.
This book is written especially for all fair-minded people across Europe who have previously been presented only with a choice of extremist
ravings or wads of impenetrable Euro-speak. To all those who may be called upon to contribute to a decision about Europe’s future, or their
country’s part in it, Roger Bootle offers a fluent, readable and even-handed analysis of the options of how Europe could better serve its
people.

• The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State
• The In/Out Question: Why Britain should stay in the EU and fight to make it better
• The Shifts and the Shocks: What we've learned - and have still to learn - from the financial crisis
• Europe: In or Out?: Everything You Need to Know
• European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics are in a Mess - and How to Put Them Right