Work with us or be left behind - Merkel
How does a new EU super-state unelected quango sound? The stuff of nightmares or real politic? It's what the Germans are backing in their attempt to overhaul the EU - and the Germans are planning to block any UK referendum towards it.
A leaked Berlin memo has set out a blueprint for a super-sized EU quango that could handle the running of EU bailed-out nations.