The suggestion has been made that we would be doing the applicant countries a favour by voting "No". This amazing argument has been brought forward by people who have been protesting their support of enlargement. It does not need me to labour the internal contradiction in this argument. It is also a strange argument to be brought forward by people who have, for many years, been protesting about national sovereignty. Do they not accept the sovereign right of the applicant countries to make their own decisions without help or hindrance from us? Above all, it is an incredibly arrogant argument. It is amazing to hear leaders of pressure groups and politicians arguing that somehow they have superior knowledge of what is best for the people of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Malta, Cyprus or any of the other applicant states.