Where does the Treaty veto and changes leave Wales?

I’m not an expert on EU matters, but last night’s veto is significant whatever side of the argument you’re on over Europe and it certainly has the potential to impact UK domestic politics in a big way over the coming months and years, especially on the future of Union between Scotland and England.

Wales in constitutional legal terms is of course part of England and our devolution still lags behind Scotland and Northern Ireland, however Europe and the EU are relevant to our day to day lives even if we don’t acknowledge it or discuss it that often and three areas come to mind specifically when thinking about Wales, Europe and the EU.

First Europe remains our largest export market, second our farmer’s get significant EU subsidies from the Common Agricultural Policy and of lastly the latest round of EU Convergence money (which could be the last whatever the state of the welsh economy next time) to help revive an economy that’s in intensive care.

How will these things be affected if Britain loses influence in EU discussions and does anyone in Wales political class grasp the fact we should be more proactive on the potential fallout – I seriously doubt it.

After all the Welsh Government Ministers have little enough say over EU matters that affect Wales before today’s but now with Britain looking in from the outside things could get trickier. Contrast that with Scotland where the debate on Cameron's veto is in full swing today and Kenny Farquharson Deputy Editor of the Scotland of Sunday newspaper has already called the veto a ‘game changer’ ahead of the SNP's proposed independence referendum. There is of course no reporting on how it will affect in Wales despite the EU story being the biggest around at the moment which tells its own story.

Politics in the UK and EU will change after last night events but not immediately, so where are the Welsh leaders when you need them to stand up for Wales’s interests today, in recess until the new year that’s where. And our First Minister is too busy politicking and grandstanding over the Autumn budget with the UK Government – just like Cameron and Co in Brussels over the Treaty changes last night.Any source