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Inconvenience
I went to see Al Gore’s disaster movie about climate change, An Inconvenient Truth. Unusually for a disaster movie, maybe, it focuses not on the disaster as it unfolds but […]
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The constitutional treaty explained: Legal personality for the EU
One objective of the European constitution is to simplify the institutional system. A current complication is the pillar structure, whereby different legislative and institutional routes are used according to the […]
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The constitutional treaty explained: A double-hatted foreign minister
At present, responsibility for EU foreign policy is divided between the Council of Ministers (foreign policy in its traditional sense), whose High Representative for Foreign Affairs is Javier Solana, and […]
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Re-enactment
Strange report on the BBC this morning, of a historical re-enactment of the Battle of Jena. (You can read it here.) It might be a spectacular pageant, but the BBC […]
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The constitutional treaty explained: The citizens’ initiative
In every European country, the national constitution sets out procedures whereby draft laws are proposed by the government and approved by the national parliament. In some countries, such as Italy […]
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A simplified CAP is long overdue
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 12 October 2006 It is good to be able to report some good news from Brussels. A new drive is underway to simplify the Common […]
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Bring me sunshine
You’ve got to admire the slogan. “Let sunshine win the day.” Just when David Cameron was being accused of lacking policies and substance, he pulls this one out of the […]
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Another comparison with America
Comparing Europe and America is all the rage right now: can Europe stand up to America, should it take a leading role, that kind of thing. Here is a different […]
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Yes to the European constitution, No to the Sarkozy mini-Treaty
Statement by the UEF Bureau, 8 October 2006 The Union of European Federalists taking note that the French leader Sarkozy has proposed a mini-Treaty, to replace the European Constitution rejected […]
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Sarkozy speaks
David Cameron is not the only centre-right pretender to government office. Across the Channel in France, Nicolas Sarkozy appears to be making ground as a leading contender in the French […]