1.0European Movement UKhttps://euromove.blogactiv.euEuropean Movement UKhttps://euromove.blogactiv.eu/author/euromove/<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman">A UKIP MEP disgraces himself and embarrasses a nation in his attack on the president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, yesterday.<span>  </span>His apologists try to claim that the European Parliament would benefit from being a bit less consensual and a bit more controversial, but there is a world of difference between intelligent criticism and vulgar abuse.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman">(You can find the outburst here <a href="http://bit.ly/9aGvPm">http://bit.ly/9aGvPm</a></span><span style="font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman">, if you really must.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman">What was particularly absurd about the occasion was that President Van Rompuy had just finished giving an explanation of precisely who he is and what he does.<span>  </span>You can read it here:  <a href="http://bit.ly/c7MrZf">http://bit.ly/c7MrZf</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;font-family: Times New Roman">Mr Van Rompuy explains how the roles of the presidents of the different institutions will fit together, and what steps need to be taken to make it work.</span></p>rich