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Yes to beat crime
By Richard Laming Published in The Observer, 2 May 2004 Giving more power for the European Parliament need not be at the expense of national parliaments (Comment, last week). What about all […]
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The ties that bind Europe
By Lawrence Fullick Published in The Tablet, 1 May 2004 You rightly describe accepting the EU constitutionbas not meaning “accepting all the wilder dreams of the superstate federalists”. Most federalists are […]
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Let’s vote for the Commission president?
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 28 April 2004 The British government has just declared that it thinks that the Chinese government should allow the people of Hong Kong to […]
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Myths and reality of draft EU constitution treaty
By Brendan Donnelly Published in The Times, 23 April 2004 Sir, Mr Sean Thomas (letter, April 20) quotes rather selectively from our website. There are indeed aspects of the draft European […]
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The dream of sovereignty
By Conrad Russell At the moment, when I am asked whether I am working on history or politics, I often find it very difficult to answer. This is because of […]
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Federal Europe
By Richard Laming Published in The Independent, 20 April 2004 Sir, The principle of subsidiarity enshrined in the proposed European constitution – that the European Union should act only where it can do so better […]
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Economic reform is a political issue
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 20 April 2004 The European Union has set itself the goal of becoming the mostcompetitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. The Lisbon summit […]
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EU commissioners should be as political as cabinet ministers
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 15 April 2004 Sir, it is not surprising that the European Commission has a lame-duck air about it, given the way its […]
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No surprise if the Commission has an end-of-term feeling
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 1 April 2004 Reports filter out that European Commissioners are starting to think about political jobs in their member states. This is hardly a surprise. […]
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Sir Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004)
I was privileged to have Sir Peter as a friend for many years. He became the President of the Word Federalist Movement, an international NGO which promotes greater global governance […]