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What Euroland's fiscal union means for Britain

If the seventeen Eurozone countries unite under a single government - as the Euroland elite now seem to want - what happens to the concept of a Qualified Majority Vote?  What happens to blocking majorities? 

With a 17 member block vote, what aspect of the Euro juggernaut could Britain ever stop?  What part of the Eurosystem would ever respond to UK specific concerns once there was an institutionalised Euro block?

As someone who wants Britain to quit the EU entirely, I know what I'd like to see.   

But I'm not sure those who say the want us to remain part of the EU, but are also calling for a fiscal union, have really thought things through.  Once they have, perhaps they'd also see it is a teeny weeny bit more than just supposing one might renegotiate the 48 hour working time directive. 

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