(1) In May, hundreds of local officials, activists and Eurocrats met in Amsterdam for a summit of their own.

(2) The cynical Eurocrat has seemingly been proved right.

(3) The Eurocrat elite in Brussels might not admit it, but the Treaty of Lisbon is essentially a constitution for a "country" called Europe.

(4) Instead, the key solution from almost every Eurocrat and talking head, is to continue to support and promote a broken banking system and failed monetary union.

(5) As one top Eurocrat sums it up, "the boldest choice for Europe would be the three Bs: Blair, Barroso and Bildt."

(6) As one senior Eurocrat puts it, the partnership serves "to hide the strength of Germany and the weakness of France.

(7) "Beyond a certain size, China is disturbing, " says one Eurocrat.