In North America, a political crossroads is approaching. "Continentalists" on both sides of the 49th parallel push for ever closer integration of economic, regulatory and defence infrastructures. While these aren't at all new devleopments, their scope and pace of development is unmatched in the history of Canadian-American relations. At the same time, significant political figures on both sides of the border are finding growing levels of support for an abandonment of the integration.

In Canada this tends to manifest itself as "economic sovereignty", while in the USA it more sold as an idea of "American Workers First".

For all the Europeans on the forum, is this the nature of the resistance to the European Union? Was the advent of deep integration in your countries a catalyst for Nationalist groups ala BNP to surge in support?

And finally, any comments on the status of nationalist groups in the EU?