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  • A positive outcome from a failed summit

    By Richard Laming I am looking for a silver lining in the collapse of last weekend’s talks on the European constitution. It is quite hard for me, as a devout […]

  • After the failure of the IGC, UEF calls on states in favour of the draft constitution to go ahead with its signature and adoption

    Brussels, 15 December 2003 The Union of European Federalists noted with great concern the failure of the European Summit meeting in Brussels on 12 and 13 December 2003, to agree […]

  • Only a federal European Union can respond effectively to the existential challenges that confront the world

    By John Pinder When Federal Union was launched in London in 1938 it had extraordinary success, with membership rising rapidly to ten thousand and support from leading politicians, academics and […]

  • The European constitution: twice as Nice

    By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 9 December 2003 Gisela Stuart, British Labour MP and presidium member in theConvention, has declared this week that the draft constitution should not be adopted […]

  • Clare Short’s EU accusations seen as ‘wide of the mark’

    Published in The Times, 29 November 2003 Sir, From where does Clare Short get the idea that a renationalised trade negotiating authority would have been preferable to the EU at the WTO summit […]

  • Double majority voting is the only sensible way to cast votes in the Council of Ministers

    Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 15, 27 November 2003 Double majority voting is the only sensible way to cast votes in the Council of Ministers The […]

  • The retention of the national veto will bring the enlarged Union to a halt

    Federalist Letter to the Intergovernmental Conference Issue number 14, 20 November 2003 The retention of the national veto will bring the enlarged Union to a halt It cannot be said […]

  • A compromise on the Commission may be necessary to maintain momentum in the IGC

    Federalist Letter to the Intergovernmental Conference Issue number 13, 14 November 2003 A compromise on the Commission may be necessary to maintain momentum in the IGC Dear Members of the […]

  • Federalists invade Copenhagen

    Lawrence Fullick reports on WFM and UEF seminars The Danish Parliament’s notoriously rigorous scrutiny of EU activities did not stop its serving as the venue for two seminars for World […]

  • Do not re-open the debate about the text of the draft constitution

    Federalist Letter to the Intergovernmental Conference Issue number 12, 2 October 2003 Do not re-open the debate about the text of the draft constitution Dear Members of the IGC Now […]

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