President Sarkozy made it very clear in his speech in Toulon that he doesn't want Brussels to have control over the French national budget.
The opt-out allows you to do so, and this doesn't need amending in Brussels.
We call this common sense, and it doesn't need amending by Brussels.
Comparisons between the Soviet Union and the euro zone aren't exactly welcome in Brussels and Berlin and the differences between the two are huge.
This means Brussels won't force extra budget cuts on otherwise strongly performing governments solely to meet deficit goals missed because of weaker-than-forecast growth.
"I was determined that Brussels wouldn't become a city where just the rich live in the centre and the poor are on the outside, " he told me.
Brussels doesn't lack giggle-proof potential icons.
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But speaking on the Today programme, the former Conservative leader Lord Howard insisted "there isn't going to be any further transfer of power" from the UK to Brussels so "the referendum issue doesn't arise".
Brussels sprouts shouldn't be avoided just because they are a bit tricky to cook.
He says he especially doesn't like it when his mother makes Brussels sprouts for dinner.
After all, if the new currency is an elixir for western Europe's economy, as Brussels maintains, wouldn't it be a great thing for the rest of Europe?
It also has routes into key European cities that American doesn't directly serve, such as Amsterdam and Brussels.
We will leave aside the fact that I don't really like sweet potatoes and my husband hates Brussels sprouts.
Both Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband say they would hold a referendum if there are any proposals to transfer more powers from Britain to Brussels, but such a transfer doesn't seem likely.
Europe has been kicking the can down the road for years, so why are you any more convinced that we won't see another three-month fix emerge out of Brussels at the end of the month?
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Don't expect to find any newfangled flavors at Mary, the Brussels chocolatier.
The stakes couldn't be higher, which is why all eyes will be on Brussels this weekend.
And Europe, where I live, in Brussels, where the European Union meets, really doesn't quite know what to do about it.
The far-right politician Geert Wilders said "we don't want our pensioners to suffer for the sake of the dictators in Brussels".
"It wasn't something you'd expect to see in real life, " said Brussels Airport spokesman Jan Van der Cruysse.
And in terms of this though, while you're saying this far and no further we won't cede these additional powers you are now pledging to take back powers that Brussels already have are you?
Our prime minister tells us that we needn't worry about the European antagonism because at the end of the day, Washington, not Brussels, calls the shots.
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