By John Parry In June 1999 the Cologne Summit decided that the citizens’ “fundamental rights at Union level should be consolidated in a Charter and thereby made more evident”. It […]
Some thoughts about the Charter of Fundamental Rights Read More »
By Richard Laming The military action in Afghanistan has no end in sight. The world still awaits a clear definition of what the war is for. It is clear that
Global justice or national revenge? Read More »
By Keith Best Speech by Keith Best, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Federalist Movement (WFM), at the closing plenary of the XIX European Congress of the Union
Federalism thrives on diversity Read More »
By John Williams Review of: The tragedy of great power politics, John Mearsheimer. Published by W.W.Norton, 2001 Does America need a foreign policy? toward a diplomacy for the twenty-first century.
Bismarckian balance-of-power axioms questioned by default Read More »
By Richard Corbett MEP Richard Corbett believes that the EP’s bad press is often down to incorrect information, false assumptions and misunderstandings The European Parliament is not a “sexy” parliament.
A parliament to be proud of Read More »
By Guido Montani In the Fall 2000 issue of World Federalist News, in an article on the World Federalist Movement’s programme (Tobin Tax Campaigns Take Off?), it is argued that
The Tobin Tax is no substitute for a world currency Read More »
Message to Europa-Union Deutschland Congress, 16-17 November 2001, Fulda Dear Friends, Your Congress meets at an important time for Europe and at an important time for the federalist movement. The European
British cooking has never been so popular Read More »
2nd meeting of the National Convention on the European Future of Slovakia, Bratislava, October 1, 2001 At the second meeting the members of the National Convention on the European Future
The European future of Slovakia Read More »
Memorandum of evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union by Andrew Duff MEP 1. The government appears to be about to make a proposal for
The “second” chamber Read More »
A submission to the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee, 2 October 2001 1. This paper looks at the unpopularity of political institutions in general, the unpopularity of the European
Representative democracy has not passed its sell-by date Read More »
