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Europe should trust its voters
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 3 June 2003 I was asked recently about a proposal that the European constitution should include a provision harmonising criminal penalties for domestic violence. What […]
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Tony Blair: nul points
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 27 May 2003 Following the British failure to score any points in theEurovision song contest at the weekend, I am waiting for the British government […]
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Great Britain will follow: a euro-sceptical minority must not stop Europe
Statement by Movimento Federalista Europeo, 24 May 2003 In 1950, while the European Coal and Steel Community was being founded, Jean Monnet, after consulting the British Government, concluded thus: “Great […]
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Parliament First – a lesson for Europe
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 20 May 2003 A new pressure group launched last week in London raises lots of important questions about the future of democracy, both in the […]
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UK involvement in Europe
By Richard Laming Published in The Times, 19 May 2003 Sir, Mr Andrew Dow questions (letter, May 16) whether a federal Europe might work in a continent with many different peoples, […]
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The second elections in Scotland and Wales: issues and verdicts
By Professor Stanley Henig The elections for a second Scottish Parliament and a second Welsh Assembly on 1 May 2003 were each contested by four principal parties: Labour, Conservative, Liberal […]
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Inside the sausage factory
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 13 May 2003 Laws are like sausages, said Bismarck. You don’t want to watch them being made. But following the progress of the European constitutional […]
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The Monarch of the Glen
By Brendan Donnelly For all the appearance of continuing Cabinet discussion and consultation, it is already clear what Gordon Brown will tell the House of Commons about the euro on […]
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A warped sense of priorities over EU
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 28 April 2003 Sir, Denis MacShane (“Europe should forget the federalist papers”, April 23) is performing the old vaudeville trick of accusing your […]
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The power of numbers
Philippe Legrain observes that 900 million Europeans, Americans and Japanese will not accept being outvoted by 1.3 billion Chinese (Books, 21 April). Has he stopped to wonder why 1.3 billion […]