It cannot be a coincidence that a country which voted against the Nice treaty is treated to an interview like this by the President of the Commission. We need to debate the processes by which the EU makes its decisions if the threat of having to leave the Union if they disagree is hanging over every individual country during the ratification of a major treaty. That will mean it is no longer a genuine free choice. This is not the way for the European project to go and win popular approval. Such a threat increases the possibility of a future treaty being rejected in this country because people will get annoyed.