Stop, We’re Feeling Dizzy

The sounds of disorientated voters punishing the political elite is leading to taboos being broken. First the Euro and now this.

In comments widely seen as a reference to Turkey's membership bid in particular, EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner told reporters Europeans need "time to breathe." "To my mind, we must reduce the speed of enlargement," she said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

Of course it helps that the ever closer union brigade never wanted Turkey in the first place. So they can pretend to be listening whilst following their own agenda.