Debate at the AGM on 13 March 2004 introduced by John Pinder Is the constitution likely to be agreed this year (or soon afterwards)? When the Federal Union committee discussed […]
The European constitution after the failure of the Brussels summit Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 3 May 2004 It is hard to overstate the significance of the recent enlargement of the European Union. At the stroke of a pen, seventy
Fifty years in one day Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in The Observer, 2 May 2004 Giving more power for the European Parliament need not be at the expense of national parliaments (Comment, last week). What about all
By Lawrence Fullick Published in The Tablet, 1 May 2004 You rightly describe accepting the EU constitutionbas not meaning “accepting all the wilder dreams of the superstate federalists”. Most federalists are
The ties that bind Europe Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 28 April 2004 The British government has just declared that it thinks that the Chinese government should allow the people of Hong Kong to
Let’s vote for the Commission president? Read More »
By Brendan Donnelly Published in The Times, 23 April 2004 Sir, Mr Sean Thomas (letter, April 20) quotes rather selectively from our website. There are indeed aspects of the draft European
Myths and reality of draft EU constitution treaty Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in The Independent, 20 April 2004 Sir, The principle of subsidiarity enshrined in the proposed European constitution – that the European Union should act only where it can do so better
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 20 April 2004 The European Union has set itself the goal of becoming the mostcompetitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. The Lisbon summit
Economic reform is a political issue Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 15 April 2004 Sir, it is not surprising that the European Commission has a lame-duck air about it, given the way its
EU commissioners should be as political as cabinet ministers Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 1 April 2004 Reports filter out that European Commissioners are starting to think about political jobs in their member states. This is hardly a surprise.
No surprise if the Commission has an end-of-term feeling Read More »
