Being a citizen of Europe
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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Citizens in Europe, citizens of Europe
“Democracy requires not only the people. You can create the apparatus of a state at European level, with a common frontier, a single immigration policy, a common foreign and defence
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The prototype for the Convention? The conference of parliaments held in Rome before the Maastricht IGC
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.
Citizens in Europe, citizens of Europe
An important one day conference for students of European studies Tuesday 26th February 2002, from 9.30-5.30, at the Centre for the Study of Democracy,University of Westminster, 100 Park Village East,
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Some thoughts about the Charter of Fundamental Rights
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
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A parliament to be proud of
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.
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The European future of Slovakia
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
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The “second” chamber
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
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Representative democracy has not passed its sell-by date
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
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Blair’s reliance on summits is misplaced
By Richard Laming Tony Blair’s recent comments that next year’s EU summit in Barcelona will be “make or break” inspire nothing so much as foreboding. For the record of summits
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