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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 […]
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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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Three – that’s the magic number
I had to laugh when I read an e-mail circular exhorting the people of Luxembourg to vote Yes in the referendum next Sunday because otherwise the constitution might fail and […]
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Mr Blair goes to Brussels
James Stewart gave the performance of his life as a political outsider arriving at the seat of power and determined to play by his rules rather than those of the […]
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This is no crisis, not by European standards
By Nina Fishman The Editor Financial Times 22 June 2005 Dear Sir, Martin Wolf claimed recently that the FT is the European newspaper, read by the political leaders throughout the […]
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EU chain of control
By Lawrence Fullick Published in The Tablet, 18 June 2005 Sir Stephen Wall’s view of the European Union after the French and Dutch referendums (The Tablet, 11 June) states some sensible […]
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Precision
One of the supposed selling points of the European constitution was that it would define and limit the powers to the EU institutions. Member states and citizens would know where […]
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All in this together
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 14 June 2005 In the aftermath of the French and Dutch referendums, nothing can be taken at face value in the EU. The debate about […]
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What should the summit do?
Opinions fly around about the European Council meeting later this week, even among people who are normally on the same side in the debate about Europe. Should the ratification process […]
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Nothing wrong with cherry-picking
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 9 June 2005 The failure of the two referendums in France and the Netherlands may have left pro-European campaigners with oeuf and ei on their […]