Statement by Movimento Federalista Europeo, 24 May 2003 In 1950, while the European Coal and Steel Community was being founded, Jean Monnet, after consulting the British Government, concluded thus: “Great […]
Great Britain will follow: a euro-sceptical minority must not stop Europe Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 20 May 2003 A new pressure group launched last week in London raises lots of important questions about the future of democracy, both in the
Parliament First – a lesson for Europe Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in The Times, 19 May 2003 Sir, Mr Andrew Dow questions (letter, May 16) whether a federal Europe might work in a continent with many different peoples,
UK involvement in Europe Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 13 May 2003 Laws are like sausages, said Bismarck. You don’t want to watch them being made. But following the progress of the European constitutional
Inside the sausage factory Read More »
By Brendan Donnelly For all the appearance of continuing Cabinet discussion and consultation, it is already clear what Gordon Brown will tell the House of Commons about the euro on
The Monarch of the Glen Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 28 April 2003 Sir, Denis MacShane (“Europe should forget the federalist papers”, April 23) is performing the old vaudeville trick of accusing your
A warped sense of priorities over EU Read More »
By Brendan Donnelly It is still unclear whether the Convention on the future of Europe, chaired since early 2002 by Valery Giscard d’Estaing and now approaching its final phase, will
Giscard’s Convention: the final stretch Read More »
By Richard Laming Political scientists and commentators specialise in looking for divisions among the members of the European constitutional convention: between large and small countries, between centralisers and decentralisers, between
Parliamentary democracy in Europe Read More »
This letter was sent to William Shawcross, the well-known writer and broadcaster, in response to his 2003 Harkness Lecture, “After Iraq: America and Europe” which you can read here. Dear
After Iraq: America and Europe Read More »
Each answer on this page is the personal opinion of the author named and not necessarily of Federal Union. 1. Would you please be able to tell me any statistics
Questions about a federal Europe Read More »
