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  • What changes will the draft constitution make?

    The possibility that some aspects of the draft constitution might still be subject to further amendment in the IGC means that it is not possible to give a definitive breakdown […]

  • What is the draft European constitution?

    This briefing outlines the origins and content of the draft European constitution, and why it will improve the European Union. The text in italics is intended to help you with […]

  • Campaign for a European constitution

    The draft European constitution has been proposed as the new rulebook for the European Union. If adopted, it will replace the existing European treaties and consolidate them into a single […]

  • Dear English friends, did you see Juventus vs Milan?

    By Richard Laming Fifty thousand Italians came to Manchester a few months ago for the football match between Juventus and Milan without a single incident of public disorder, not one. […]

  • Really citizens?

    By John Pinder John Pinder argues that the draft European Constitution will make the EU clearly more effective and democratic and the people of the Union will become citizens in […]

  • Expanding the politically possible

    By John Williams A review of “The Age of Consent: a manifesto for a new world order”, by George Monbiot, (Flamingo, £15.99) Rare in this post-modernist age, this book proclaims […]

  • The experience of Europe should not be forgotten

    Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 11, 9 July 2003 The experience of Europe should not be forgotten Majority voting should be included for future amendments to […]

  • Europe: “at our best when at our boldest”

    Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 10, 3 July 2003 Europe: “at our best when at our boldest” The Convention should not forget why it was established […]

  • Blend it like Beckham

    By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 2 July 2003 Not content with helping his former club to the Premiership title, David Beckham now strikes a blow for European integration when he […]

  • Sex and the single market

    By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 26 June 2003 The latest proposal from the European Commission to ban “sexist” advertising is exactly the kind of thing that the European Union should […]

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