I was privileged to have Sir Peter as a friend for many years. He became the President of the Word Federalist Movement, an international NGO which promotes greater global governance […]
Sir Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004) Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in The Times on 25 March 2004 Sir, William Rees-Mogg’s suggestion (Comment, March 22) that the proposed European constitution is in contradiction to liberal democracy leaves
Democracy and EU constitution Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 23 March 2004 The United Kingdom is caught up in not one but twoconstitutional debates at the moment, and there is an interesting link between
Connect political power to votes cast Read More »
By Richard Laming Federalism is widely misunderstood as a concept and so needs to be explained. It issometimes complicated and it also has opponents who seem to have an interest in
Towards a federal Europe Read More »
Address by Keith Best of WFM to the 20th Congress of UEF in Genoa, Sunday 21 March 2004 My dear friends and fellow federalists. First, let me acknowledge that I
No longer the stuff of dreams Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 8 March 2004 Denis MacShane, British minister for Europe, has denouncedHans-Gert Pöttering, leader of the Christian Democrats in the European Parliament, as”arrogant” for saying that
The real arrogance is keeping decisions from the voters Read More »
By Peter Sain ley Berry This week’s super-summit in Berlin of the Big Three – France, Germany and the United Kingdom represented a tectonic shift in the way that Europe
Will Europe be frightened into a constitution? Read More »
By John Williams A review of: “Tony Blair: the making of a world leader” by Philip Stephens (Viking, 2004) “The Bubble of American Supremacy” by George Soros (Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
Federalism in the post-cold-war era Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 18 February 2004 When Gerhard Schröder, Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair gather in Berlin today for their trilateral summit, everyone will be remarking on how
Sidelined in Berlin Read More »
Adoption without veto! Appeal to the National Governments and Parliaments, and the European Parliament The Union of European Federalists deeply regrets the failure of the Brussels IGC summit in December
European constitution now! Read More »
