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  • Romano Prodi, Italian prime minister

    “.. if, in 2007, the absolute impossibility of rescuing the present text [of the Constitution] is ascertained, we should think of drawing up a new shorter and simplified text – envisaging […]

  • Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian Prime Minister

    “Within the European Union it is necessary to form a central nucleus of countries that should take the initiative. It is conceivable that two concentric circles should take shape in Europe: […]

  • When will they ever learn?

    By Richard Laming Published in The Observer, 26 November 2006 There is a closer south east Asian parallel than Vietnam for the unfolding disaster in Iraq. (‘Time for your Vietnam history […]

  • Schüssel in favour of an EU referendum

    Schüssel in favour of an EU referendum from: Süddeutsche Zeitung Mobile Ausgabe vom Freitag 17.11.06 Schüssel für EU-Referendum Alle Bürger sollen gleichzeitig über Verfassung abstimmen München – Der Österreichische Bundeskanzler […]

  • The future of the European Constitution

    By Emmanouil Vrentzos Report on the seminar held on 18 November 2006 On 18 November 2006, Federal Union organised an event on the future of the European constitution, which took […]

  • Trade on trial

    I was at a debate on Thursday evening about EU trade policy: is it, broadly speaking, doing the right things? The pro case was that international trade is a good […]

  • Margot Wallström on The consequences of the lack of a European Constitution

    That’s why we remain committed to the principles and values of the Constitution. Your committee is well aware that the issues addressed by the Constitution have not gone away. The […]

  • The European Constitution and Equality Between Women and Men

    The European Women’s Lobby   For the Articles on equality between women men, the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe offers some improvements to the current Treaties. Of course, the […]

  • Business needs ‘political union’, says European business leader

    Reported in EUobserver.com 01.06.2004 What European business needs in the long term is “political union” in the EU, according to the head of Eurochambres – an association representing over 17 […]

  • A single market requires political union

    From the Financial Times, 22 January 2003 By Don Cruickshank, chairman of the London Stock Exchange Therefore the current process of national bargaining over EU laws is unlikely to produce […]

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