The 28th member

This week Croatia became the 28th member of the EU and as I'm in Brussels this week I thought it was appropriate to blip their flag, which now flies alongside the other 27 flags outside the European Parliament.

Croatia now has a seat at the top table in Europe, a vote on all EU matters just the same as Germany, France, Poland, Italy and all the other EU states.

Recently Lithuania took on the presidency of the EU.

That's two small countries at the heart of Europe. It's time for Scotland to join them.