Fourth, it has been alleged that the new provisions in the area of enhanced co-operation will somehow result in a two-tier Europe. I simply cannot understand the logic of this argument. It is false. Enhanced co-operation is not a new idea. It allows for flexibility. The concept has already been beneficial in the introduction of the euro and in overcoming the hiatus on the Social Chapter. Think back a few years to when the Social Chapter was literally being stymied by conservative forces from our nearest neighbour. If it were not for some form of flexibility the Social Chapter, with its attendant benefits to workers and promotion of equality, would not have been passed. It was because of flexibility that it was, and enhanced co-operation is all about flexibility.