Thus Der Spiegel today. “Does Britain belong in the European Union?” asks the newspaper point blank. “There are plenty both in the United Kingdom and on the continent who have their doubts.” And who is the commissioner in question? It is Janusz Lewandowski, Poland’s representative in the Union’s executive, whose remit is financial programming and budget. Now that the debate over the Union’s next budget is raging, he has challenged London to make up its mind. According to the article, Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is also losing patience over the squabble. To wit, the British parliament has obliged the prime minister, David Cameron, to go for a deep cut of the Union’s budget. This is likely to run counter most of the Union’s members. Returning to Lewandowski, what is he trying to achieve? If he is helping Cameron push for a British referendum on leaving the Union, he is on the right track. Otherwise, he is making a big mistake. For is the Union indeed European without the United Kingdom?