I can't see it happening in quite a time. And having a German Chancellor take a lead in trying to bring it about just puts its happening a long way further off.

But note she didn't say "People trust us", which would be a lie, but "people must trust us" which is an expression of a pretty remote aspiration.

Someday there'll probably be something called a European Constitution which isn't actually a European Constitution at all. And there'll be something else that isn't called a European Constitution that in effect is just that.