Croatia on a promise

The EU will conclude ascension talks with Croatia by the end of next year.

Provided that they can show they are "doing something" about the mafia-style criminal gangs running amok in the country, they will become the next country to surrender their independence to the European federal project. These criminal gangs - like those in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and the other eastern European member states - will be free to travel, work and live in any EU member state.

But of course, France and Germany can't resist an opportunity to plug the EU Constitution Lisbon Treaty - it is apparently an empty promise to talk about ascension dates unless they can find a way of forcing the treaty through.

Yet another reason to fight against the not-a-constitution.