The Government's view is that the national veto and national sovereignty should be supreme. While such mechanisms have worked reasonably well up to now, I do not believe they are sustainable in the context of an enlarged Union which will have almost twice as many member states as the present Union, 27 as opposed to the current 15. In the changed circumstances we will face intergovernmentalism and the predominant position of the Council of Ministers is neither sustainable nor desirable. If we are to look to enhance the powers of the Commission and the Parliament, as I believe we should, we have to ensure they are connected back down to the nation states. Ideas such as those put forward by other countries, such as the election of the President of the Commission by the Parliament or directly, are useful and welcome. It is a shame that the Government is complacently standing back and saying it is quite happy with the division of competence as it stands. I do not believe the current division can be sustained or that we should look to sustain it.