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'The reality in europe today is that we have no borders anymore and so the former borders and countries have less and less influence and regions get more important.'

You try getting into the UK from any other part of europe without your passport and you'll find a friendly english bobby pointing a H&K MP5 at you! It's true that people can wander from euro country to euro country, but at least the brits have kept control of their borders. We should do the same!

Comming from a region very near to several borders i and the people here really enjoy and benefit from the present developments.

I guess nobody here misses the old borders or the german mark.

We all know that the UK as an island in combination with their history is a unique country within the EU but i would accept every bet that in the long run the pound will be history as all the other special rules that the british people still like at the moment.

The pressure of a bigger EU of 25 will be much higher as it was in the former EU of 15. We all know that the institutions and rules do not longer fit to the reality we face and so after some years of crises and pain the countries as the UK or also poland will face the hard reality to sink the ship or to accept agreements they would not even discuss today.

In the end we will see a more integrated EU core europe or a more integrated bigger EU but one thing is sure there is no way back.

The UK is one of the few countries not in Schengen (even Switzerland, which is decidely NOT part of the EU, is in Schengen). As for the UK having tight borders, they still have a free travel agreement with Ireland, and have illegal immigration, too. A United States of Europe could be useful for Europeans.