An axiom of world federalism is that decisions should be made locally, as close as possible to the people, and reserved upwards to a higher authority only if that is […]
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Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 2, 19 March 2002 Dear Members of the Convention, in the debate that, across Europe, has accompanied the first session of
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By Brendan Donnelly The Laeken European Council last December set up a “Constitutional Convention” under the chairmanship of the former French President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. This Convention, bringing together representatives
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Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 1, 28 February 2002 Dear Members of the Convention, For the first time in European history elected parliamentarians and not national
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The launch of the European Constitutional Convention on 28 February 2002 has started an important new phase in the development of the European Union. For the first time, debate about
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By Hugo Young I did not speak from a fully coherent text, and probably did not say everything in these extended notes. But you are welcome to them, even though
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UEF Bureau, Brussels, 24 February 2002 Freedom, security, peace and welfare are under threat both in Europe and throughout the world. The international order built after the 2nd World War is
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By Richard Corbett MEP Only once before has an IGC been prepared by a body meeting in public and whose composition included members of national parliaments and the European Parliament.
By William Greider The promise of Seattle was captured in an antic moment observed by one young environmental activist. Amid broad ranks of protesters, he saw that a squad of
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By Laura Davis Slobodan Milosevic’s transfer from his Belgrade prison to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on 28 June 2001 was headline news: he would be the
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