Efficient Government

Today I watched a programme on BBC World, called The Record Europe. It is all about the politics of the EU. Whilst the single half hour segment had enough material for a week of blogging, one thing in particular took my interest. Labour MEP Richard Corbett was arguing in favour of the Draft Constitution. It will make the EU more effective he said. This raises the question, why would anyone want a more effective EU. It would just mean more directives, more regulations and more interference. What we want is to make the EU as ineffective as possible. If this is the best argument for the constitution then the way to vote is obvious, isn't it?