Are you trying to be alarmist again, Nigel? That was a pretty anodyne piece, n'est-ce pas? I mean:

"We do not need a budget for the Euro area..." Agreed!

"I am also not fond of the idea of having a separate euro area parliament... The Parliament of the euro area is this European Parliament." Agreed!

"...The European Economy and Finance Minister must be accountable to the European Parliament." Agreed!

The European Parliament, an elected body Nigel, is sovereign. The commissioners can't sneak stuff past it as Theresa May has tried to do with our parliament with her Article 50 fiasco and her Henry VIII bill. Big proposed moves can be and are vetoed. You are clutching at straws and have made no case whatsoever.