The community has also belatedly recognized that many ordinary Europeans fear that Brussels-based bureaucrats are intent on assuming control of their lives.

Yet even if a compromise emerges from Maastricht, it may be years before decisions taken there touch the lives of ordinary Europeans.

But it does offer an unexpected glimpse of how ordinary Europeans perceive one another.

Too much is being asked of ordinary Europeans, too little of their bankers.

Since then, in country after country, ordinary Europeans have rebelled against the idea of surrendering more power to the unelected bureaucrats at the community's Brussels headquarters.

This attitude led to a harsh view of ordinary Europeans, especially those who emigrated to the American colonies.

We are talking about the use of derivatives to reduce risk and to increase the returns on the savings of ordinary Europeans.

It is also written in such a way that ordinary Europeans can actually read the text and understand what we mean.

However, we are not talking about marketing specialists here, but about ordinary Europeans.

I also believe that research and technological development must become more accessible to ordinary Europeans.