The Trouble with Europe : Why the EU isn't Working, How it Can be Reformed, How Brexit Could Change Europe (3 ed)

'This is a credible plan for life outside Europe and deserves to be widely read' The Week - Business Books of the Year FULLY REVISED EDITION FOR THE 2016 UK EU REFERENDUMThe EU hasn't delivered the prosperity and growth it promised; the euro has turned out to be a disaster; and the EU's share of world GDP is set to fall sharply.Moreover, no one is clear what the EU is for, or how 'ever closer union' can be matched with expanding borders and huge disparities of income and culture.

The EU is the most important thing that stands between Europe and success.Outside the EU, the UK could thrive, shorn of the EU's regulatory burden and free to develop close trading links with everyone - a truly global Britain.

Moreover, BREXIT could provide the spur for the EU either to reform or break up.

The UK can lead the way to a better Europe.This updated and expanded Third edition of Roger Bootle's critically acclaimed book includes further material on European reform, mass migration and a major new chapter on the UK referendum and its consequences.