Europe needs a leader.

According to Tony Blair Europe needs an elected leader, but will the 336 million people of the 27 European countries elect this person or will it be left to the countries leaders to do it? He said that it would give Europe a clear leadership and enormous authority on the world stage. "The rational for Europe today is about power not peace" something Blair has always wanted power. He says that there is five areas where Europe should forge closer links.These are tax policy; social reforms; forging a common energy policy; a common defence policy; and a common immigration and organised crime policy. These are areas that would be hard to implement NATO is under threat from the Americans who are saying that member states should be paying more and not relying on America to fund the biggest part of the costs. Immigration has failed with the Schengen agreement of open boarders, that now allows people from non EU countries to flood into Europe, as certain member states allow thousands of these immigrants EU documentation especially when the immigrants say that they want to go to Britain. He says that Europe can't compete with the growing economies of  China, India, Brazil and Indonesia. This is possible quite true, when the governments of these countries do not respect their populations wishes, or force through policies that the EU countries would not tolerate. Poverty  wages, forcing millions of people of their land and out of their houses to build things like the  Gorges dam  project in China. India spends £10 billion on armaments and £I billion on trying to put a man on the moon when there are billions of Indians living in poverty. The EU can never compete with these countries till they are placed on a fair footing in wages and social mobility, and democracy at the Western countries have. The one thing that Blair does in speeches like this is to try and find more power for himself. This from a man that left Britain nearly bankrupt with his policies, who left office only to turn himself into a multimillionaire. With speeches and writing, and working for the big institutions. Yes Blair wants this but not for the good of the 336 million people of Europe but for himself and his clique.