The future of federalism
Discussion at the Federal Union seminar on 6 September 2008 What has federalism achieved in the UK, Europe and the world? What is its future agenda? How are these issues […]
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Federal Union reunites with world federalists
After 43 years of separate existence, Federal Union, the UK section of the UEF, finally reunited with its world federalist equivalent, the Association of World Federalists. The AWF had been
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New book: “Federalist Thinking” by Lucio Levi
Lucio Levi, Federalist Thinking, Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 2008 Federalist Thinking is a concise and comprehensive account of the development of federalism from its starting point in history
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Reunification of the British federalist organisations – 6 September 2008
By Richard Laming We have some exciting news of a proposal to reunite the federalist organisations in the UK, Federal Union and the Association of World Federalists. The AWF was
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What would a second Irish referendum solve?
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 18 June 2008 The defeat of the Lisbon treaty in the Irish referendum last week has led to lots of head-scratching about what do to
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The Lisbon treaty v the American Constitution
By Richard Laming Published in The Times, 3 June 2008 Sir, In comparing the Lisbon treaty unfavourably with the US Constitution of 1787 (“Jefferson: a lesson for Europeans”, June 2), William
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Constitutional affairs: fundamental rights and the Lisbon treaty
Fundamental rights and the European Union Owen Tudor, Head of TUC European Union and International Relations Department, opened the discussion with a rather succinct and elegant description of the dilemma
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The new EU Reform Treaty
What was agreed at the European summit? The European summit held in Brussels on 21-23 June 2007 has abandoned the idea of a European constitution and replaced it with a
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A matter of respect
By Richard Laming There has been some interesting Eurosceptic criticism lately of the European Parliament’s vote against an amendment “to respect the outcome of the referendum in Ireland” on the
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Where to draw the line on Europe
By Richard Laming Published in The Independent, 12 March 2008 Sir, The obstacle in the way of a statement of the powers of the EU as clear as Simon Carr would
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