You also say “Furthermore, the EU’s wider foreign policy also leaves much to be desired” — true, but very largely because the Member States guard that prerogative jealously to themselves. And the UK is one of the worst offenders in ensuring EU foreign policy will be toothless — look how it managed to impose Baroness Catherine Ashton under the Barroso Commission — nothing personal, but someone totally out of her depth and outside her competences and experience. Another example of intense UK bad faith.