By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 10 June 2003 The British government’s announcement yesterday, 9 June, that Britain will not be joining the euro any time soon should not have surprised […]
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9 June 2003 Pro-Europeans have criticised today’s statement by Gordon Brown for not outlining a serious commitment to joining the euro. “Over the past six years, the government has made
Pro-Europeans say government is not serious about joining the euro Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 3 June 2003 I was asked recently about a proposal that the European constitution should include a provision harmonising criminal penalties for domestic violence. What
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By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 27 May 2003 Following the British failure to score any points in theEurovision song contest at the weekend, I am waiting for the British government
Tony Blair: nul points Read More »
Statement by Movimento Federalista Europeo, 24 May 2003 In 1950, while the European Coal and Steel Community was being founded, Jean Monnet, after consulting the British Government, concluded thus: “Great
Great Britain will follow: a euro-sceptical minority must not stop Europe Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 20 May 2003 A new pressure group launched last week in London raises lots of important questions about the future of democracy, both in the
Parliament First – a lesson for Europe Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in The Times, 19 May 2003 Sir, Mr Andrew Dow questions (letter, May 16) whether a federal Europe might work in a continent with many different peoples,
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By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 13 May 2003 Laws are like sausages, said Bismarck. You don’t want to watch them being made. But following the progress of the European constitutional
Inside the sausage factory Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 28 April 2003 Sir, Denis MacShane (“Europe should forget the federalist papers”, April 23) is performing the old vaudeville trick of accusing your
A warped sense of priorities over EU Read More »
Philippe Legrain observes that 900 million Europeans, Americans and Japanese will not accept being outvoted by 1.3 billion Chinese (Books, 21 April). Has he stopped to wonder why 1.3 billion
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