This became particularly obvious during the eurozone debt crisis, when leaders of countries using the single currency held regular meetings between themselves, leaving Britain outside of the room. We have already seen that an extremely large majority of national politicians and even more of economic leaders believe that their country has drawn benefits from European integration (see Table 2. Politicians express a slight preference for a purely national solution as compared to a fully European one, but the largest preference is for a mixed solution.

Economic elites do not have to represent a broad spectrum of opinions and can express their own specific interests more directly so that we could, therefore, expect more homogeneity and cohesion from their responses. The auctioneer may at his sole discretion determine the advance of bidding or refuse a bid, divide any lot, combine any two or more lots or withdraw any lot without prior notice. These questions are obviously relevant: first, because any polity is to a significant extent defined by the policy responsibilities that are (legitimately) attributed to it. In the event of the Auctioneer exercising his right to rescind the sale his obligation to the seller hereunder lapses. When thinking about Europe, do European people consider themselves as European citizens and not just as citizens of one of the twenty-seven member states, and are they prepared to behave accordingly?Yet citizenship as a political phenomenon does not entail only a system of legal regulations; a fundamental aspect is the penetration of this idea (and the different elements of which it is composed) in the minds and the behaviour of the crucial components of the European political system.

travel/survey and fill it in, it won't take you long and it is of huge importance to us, to show how people use our maps and to prove to funders that we really do have fans (as we know we do, we are so lucky to hear from many of you on a daily basis). As a result, the attachment differential between country and EU is substantially lower for economic elites (−27. Please note successful bids made via live bidding cannot be invoiced or paid for until the day after an auction. c) Any liability of the Auctioneer for any claim arising from loss or damage of any kind in respect of goods whether caused by negligence or otherwise including any claims for compensation will be limited to the amount of insurance cover effected in accordance with the provisions of clause 11.On the basis of the different elements of identity proposed to the interviewees, national elites define one scale of importance for the national level and another one for the European level rather clearly (Table 2. This does not mean that the solutions adopted have always been the most highly preferred by each member state: although they have been seen as preferable to non-agreement. If these views were translated into practice, they would make for a dramatic increase of Union resources and raise the level of the European budget many times over! The final text came about after seven years of negotiations and takes into account the previous case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), elements of the European Convention on Human Rights and other EU documents including the European Social Charter (ESC).