Brussels chiefs have already earmarked millions of pounds for lavish projects designed to give the zone its own “identity”.
Schemes include a £7.6million “cross-Channel” network of cycle paths, a £2million travelling exhibition of “contemporary” artworks and even a bizarre international tour by circus clowns costing £5.5million.
Tory Cabinet Minister Eric Pickles yesterday revealed details of the plan inherited by his Whitehall department from the previous Labour government.
The Communities Secretary said: “Labour ministers have been caught red-handed conspiring with European bureaucrats to wipe England off the map and replace our historic boroughs, counties and cities with transnational Euro-regions.
