Is the so-called "two-pack" economic governance for strengthening the European Commission's powers to vet Member States' budgets a good new for economy or for technocracy ? MEP Roger Helmer (EFD Group) has no doubts :"the Commission loves the idea of what it calls a beneficial crisis".

Dear President of the European Council, Dear President of the European Commission, Dear President of the European Parliament, Dear Presidents and Co-Presidents of the European Parliament. Greece is at a critical juncture on its path for fiscal consolidation and economic recovery. The burden on the Greek people to meet the austerity criteria has already been unprecedented in recent memory.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said that if Britain left the EU, the country would find itself in the position of Norway. According to Nigel Farage, Cameron admitted that Britain would still have a free trade deal with 29 States from the European Economic Area (EEA). For UKIP's leader, "there is absolutely nothing to fear in terms of trade from leaving the European Union, because on D+1 we'll find ourselves part of the European Economic Area and with a free trade deal."