Let’s have a real euro debate
By George Irvin There are a number of glaring misconceptions in the current debate. In fact, at present it’s a debate unworthy of my first year graduate students! Take the […]
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Europe
The European Council cannot lead Europe: the European Commission can
Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 7, 10 June 2003 THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL CANNOT LEAD EUROPE: THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CAN One of the main issues to be
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The common European interest must be defended
Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 6, 3 June 2003 THE COMMON EUROPEAN INTEREST MUST BE DEFENDED! THE INTRODUCTION OF ROTATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN
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The Monarch of the Glen
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
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Giscard’s Convention: the final stretch
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
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Parliamentary democracy in Europe
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
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Can competences be shared in the European Union?
Letter to Ferdinand Mount, columnist in the Sunday Times, 13 April 2003 I read with interest your piece in the Sunday Times today – I think there is more sense
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Questions about a federal Europe
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
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Seeking wish fulfilment
By John Williams A review of “Paradise and power: America and Europe in the new world order”, by Robert Kagan (Atlantic Books, 2003 £10) Most reviews of Robert Kagan’s brief
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The euro referendum: a long time to wait
By Brendan Donnelly At the beginning of this year, the likelihood of the government’s holding and winning in 2003 a referendum on British membership of the euro was already slight.
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