It's Europe Day, a pan-EU celebration of the peace and unity on our continent. This is predictably ignored by the British media and government, but when I visit Austria to contribute to their national debate as co-rapporteur on the constitution, I find it's a major event.

As well as the national celebrations, there's a public debate on the constitution. I take my seat alongside the Austrian Chancellor (the equivalent of our Prime Minister) and other government ministers to contribute to a discussion which is widely reported in the national media. It's an open and inclusive debate, entirely free of the myths and scaremongering that often pervade our discussions of Europe in the UK.