The draft European constitution proposed by the European constitutional convention and currently under discussion in the IGC marks the next stage in the development of the European Union. Each successive […]
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By Will Hutton Today’s European Union is a remarkable, if still incomplete, achievement. Its founding six members have been augmented by another nine and up to ten additional countries in eastern
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Brussels, 15 December 2003 The Union of European Federalists noted with great concern the failure of the European Summit meeting in Brussels on 12 and 13 December 2003, to agree
By John Pinder When Federal Union was launched in London in 1938 it had extraordinary success, with membership rising rapidly to ten thousand and support from leading politicians, academics and
Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 15, 27 November 2003 Double majority voting is the only sensible way to cast votes in the Council of Ministers The
