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  • 5000 reasons to complete the single market

    By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 23 August 2005 Travellers all over Europe found themselves stranded by the collapse of EUJet at the end of last month. Five thousand British holidaymakers […]

  • Sir Edward Heath

    It’s been quiet lately. But I found this quote by the late Sir Edward Heath, which deserves to be read by everyone interested in this subject. It was in a […]

  • Aspects of the EU’s Constitutional Treaty

    Report by the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee, 23 March 2005 The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee’s report on the European constitution drew in several places on evidence […]

  • European constitution – a personal view

    By Satish Desai Introduction During my visit to the USA, I had a short discussion with a Senator, who felt strongly that Europe could not be a “State” and rejection […]

  • Taking Democracy Global: Assessing the Benefits and Challenges of a Global Parliamentary Assembly

    By Andrew Strauss We publish below an extract from a new pamphlet published by the One World Trust. Increasingly the world’s diverse political communities – local, provincial and national – […]

  • Inquiry into the EU’s Constitutional Treaty

    Written evidence from Federal Union submitted to the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee (read pdf version) Federal Union Federal Union was founded in 1938 and campaigns for federalism for […]

  • After the constitution: what now?

    By Richard Laming The rejection of the European constitution by the referendums in France and the Netherlands is a setback but not a disaster. The notion of a European constitution […]

  • Tart

    10 July 2005 Let’s hope the Luxembourgers vote Yes in the referendum today, as a response to Jack Straw if nothing else. Jack Straw, who is the British foreign minister, […]

  • Why Luxembourg should vote Yes

    By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 7 July 2005 I don’t think anyone should be surprised if the people of Luxembourg need quite a lot of persuasion to vote for the […]

  • A new kind of debate

    I wrote earlier in the week about the forthcoming referendum in Luxembourg on Sunday. It’s a vote on a constitutional treaty that has been rejected by the voters in France […]

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