By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 16 February 2005 The debate about taxing airline fuel has sprung back into life, thanks to the German government. The money could be used for […]
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By Brendan Donnelly I take as my starting-point the personal position of Mr Blair. I believe that he is sincere in his desire to make the British people feel more
The British problem with Europe Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 25 January 2005 The full weight of European law is about to fall on the heads of the new member states that joined last year.
A sweet tooth is not a crime Read More »
We regret to report that Sir Anthony Meyer, former chair of Federal Union and Conservative MP, passed away on 24 December 2004. Sir Anthony was a long-standing and distinguished pro-European.
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By Richard Laming Published in the Daily Telegraph, 24 December 2004 Sir Peter Neilson of UKIP (letter, Dec 23) may be correct in noting that the landlocked member states of the
By Richard Laming Published in The Prague Post, 23 December 2004 The future of Europe will move center stage in the next 18 months as the debate about the European constitution
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By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 22 November 2004 Now that the Barroso Commission has finally received the approval of the European Parliament, it is time to survey the wreckage. Which
European politics comes out of the Commission crisis strengthened Read More »
By Peter Sain ley Berry In delivering certain ill-advised remarks to the European Parliament about gay men and straight women, Mr Rocco Buttiglione, the Italian Commissioner designate may turn out
Mr Buttiglione helps to draft an unwritten chapter to the European constitution Read More »
Speech by Brendan Donnelly, Chair of Federal Union, at the European Social Forum, 15 October 2004 The European Constitution is an attempt to codify and improve the workings of the
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By Richard Laming Published in The Prague Post, 30 September 2004 The latest report on Europe’s population trends from the Population Research Bureau in Washington, D.C., makes for challenging reading. Challenging,
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