This is a response to Europe's history and the current state of the Community. Sir Leon, with his insider's access, examines and explains the crucial, but often mystifying issues facing Europe and its constituent countries: subsidiarity, the pros and cons of a shared foreign policy, trade barriers and the free movement of people, monetary union and the nightmare question of the common agricultural policy. He is candid about the strengths (real and potential) of the Community as well as its limitations.