Half Cox
Pat Cox, former MEP and former president of the European Parliament, was today elected president of the European Movement International. He takes over from Jose Maria Gil-Robles, and gave an […]
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The future of the EU budget
Research questions received from a student, with responses from Richard Laming, Director of Federal Union 1. Do you agree that the current UK rebate from the European Union undermines community
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How to restart the European process – a three point plan
Agreed by the Federal Union Committee Background The rejection of the European constitution by the referendums in France and the Netherlands is a setback but not a disaster. The prospect
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New patterns of citizenship in Europe
By Richard Laming Based on a talk given at the Ventotene seminar, 30 August 2005 The question of citizenship is a very important one for federalists. I believe it is
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Aspects of the EU’s Constitutional Treaty
Report by the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee, 23 March 2005 The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee’s report on the European constitution drew in several places on evidence
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European constitution – a personal view
By Satish Desai Introduction During my visit to the USA, I had a short discussion with a Senator, who felt strongly that Europe could not be a “State” and rejection
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Inquiry into the EU’s Constitutional Treaty
Written evidence from Federal Union submitted to the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee (read pdf version) Federal Union Federal Union was founded in 1938 and campaigns for federalism for
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Defining the future of the European continent
By Jo Leinen In the coming twelve months there is to be a phase of reflection about the future of the European project. Unfortunately, the European Council did not tell
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The European role in ruling globalisation
By Alberto Majocchi Globalisation is a very complex phenomenon and is difficult to analyse in its different aspects. Hence, I will limit myself to a discussion of its main characteristics
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Bananas
A comment was posed on this blog a few posts ago, when I was writing about free trade, asking why the European Union had made it an offence, punishable by