b'DedicationsIn memory of the late Malcolm Wood, political mentor and personal friend. AcknowledgementsThis paper could not have been written without the help and support of, among others:Anthony Brown and Barry Harding, Lindsay Jenkins, Michael McManusLynette Long and Leo WiswallChairman Bernd Lange, former Chairman Vital Moreira and the other MEPs onthe International Trade Committee of the European Parliament - perhaps unconsciouslyWilliam DartmouthEurope of D irectD emocracy 263'