EU subordination does not work for Britain

I'm just chewing my way through the Port Services Directive. I can see why British ports are seriously upset by it, and it's not right for us, but on the whole I don't think it's terrible. What bothers me is that it's a one size fits all proposal and whenever you see something like this, it is usually just a single component of a much larger agenda. In this it's the Single European transport area.

One of its aims being to establish a fully functioning, EU-wide TEN-T core network integrating all forms of transport by 2030. It sets out 40 specific action points and lists 131 concrete initiatives for the next decade to build a competitive transport system that will remove major bottlenecks and move people and goods efficiently and safely throughout the European Union (EU).

Like the ports directive, we are powerless to stop it unless we can drum up support for the British objections. And there's no reason why we could because there's a lot to be said for such an agenda on mainland Europe where the commonalities and crossovers are huge.

Roads in Germany are much the same as those in France and Poland and they all drive on the wrong side of the road. Their cities are similar, many of the roads were built around the same time, and there is there is far greater cross border mobility what with there being no seas to cross at great expense. Why should Europe object?