
The European Commission has published proposals that envisage Europe having its own Finance minister as soon as 2019. However, the proposals appear to conflate the Eurozone – those countries already in the Euro – with the EU. This will increase fears in some non-Euro members, that they are being marginalised.
It is true that when Britain leaves Europe, 85% of the European Union’s economic output will be produced by the Eurozone. However, 24% of the EU’s population lives in the non-Eurozone countries. These countries include Poland and Hungary which are meant to join...