Powers transferred to the EU, not lost

Dr Cooper is correct to point out that the possibility of creating a European federation exists.

It is up to each country to decide if it wants to join.

If so, they will decide what it will look like. If the UK does not wish to join, then simply don’t sign.

There is no compulsion.

For example, David Cameron objected to proposals to strengthen the euro currency. The other countries went ahead without the UK in 2012.

It was called the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance (TSCG).

The Czech Republic said it might join later. The TSCG did not apply to the UK, because the UK did not sign.

Please may I emphasise that it is up to each country to choose to join the European Union.

Each country volunteers to take on the obligations of membership.

The countries transfer some of their powers to the shared institutions that they have created.

This is called the principle of conferral.

The powers are transferred, not lost.

PHIL JONES Member, European Movement UK