By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 18 June 2008 The defeat of the Lisbon treaty in the Irish referendum last week has led to lots of head-scratching about what do to […]
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By Richard Laming Published in The Times, 3 June 2008 Sir, In comparing the Lisbon treaty unfavourably with the US Constitution of 1787 (“Jefferson: a lesson for Europeans”, June 2), William
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Fundamental rights and the European Union Owen Tudor, Head of TUC European Union and International Relations Department, opened the discussion with a rather succinct and elegant description of the dilemma
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What was agreed at the European summit? The European summit held in Brussels on 21-23 June 2007 has abandoned the idea of a European constitution and replaced it with a
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Federal Union Manifesto This manifesto is designed to mobilize committed Europeans to campaign for an effective and more democratic European Union and one that exercises its full potential in world
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By Richard Laming There has been some interesting Eurosceptic criticism lately of the European Parliament’s vote against an amendment “to respect the outcome of the referendum in Ireland” on the
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By Richard Laming Published in The Independent, 12 March 2008 Sir, The obstacle in the way of a statement of the powers of the EU as clear as Simon Carr would
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The House of Lords European Union Committee issued a report entitled “The Treaty of Lisbon: an impact assessment”. Federal Union submitted written evidence to the Committee which you can read here.
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By Richard Laming In looking at the subject of Europe and America, I am going to talk about the background, and then look ahead with some specific questions which I
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By Richard Laming Published in The Independent, 1 February 2008 Sir, Steve Richards is correct to say that London needs a more powerful government to promote the interests of Londoners, but
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