Good to see the CBI is not following the path that some eurosceptic businessmen are trying to push it down. For the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, it has joined with its counterparts in other European countries to issue a statement to mark the occasion, in which it says:

"The Treaty of Rome laid the foundations for one of the most prosperous and safe regions in the world. Business has always beleived in the European project and has supported it because of the benfits it brings to society as a whole.

Peace, stability, creation of an internal market where persons, services, goods and capital can move freely, political and economic integration, common currency, international standing are some of the benfits of Europe which speak for themselves."