Does the treaty vow commit governments to build a United States of Europe, as the Union's federalist host Belgium hopes and eurosceptic Britons fear? Or is it just an abstract political aspiration,

"Every lawyer in Europe agrees 'ever closer union' doesn't mean anything. It's just a nice phrase," said one EU official. 

But fear of what it means about EU power has made it a British political reality.


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-surreal-idUSKCN0VS035


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/18/eu-summit-leader-profiles-scorecard-david-cameron