Daniel Hannan, also known as the-best-tory-MEP-in-Brussels, rather incisively wrote the following:-
Only once did the EU abandon its secrecy: in 2004, the European Constitution was drafted in impeccably plain language - and was duly rejected by 55 per cent of French voters and 62 per cent of Dutch voters.
Immediately, Eurocrats went back to the tried-and-tested Monnet method: never reveal more than absolutely necessary; never let in the daylight.....
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