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Time to choose? European foreign and security policy
By Sir Timothy Garden The nature of US power US foreign policy is about promoting the interests of the United States; but this is true for most nations. Yet […]
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Federal Union’s model of the European Union could not be further from a superstate
Correspondence with Peter Hain, British government representative in the European constitutional convention 11 October 2002 Dear Mr Hain You said on Newsnight this evening that all thoughts of a “federal […]
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Simplicity is a virtue
Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 5, 3 October 2002 Dear Members of the Convention In the European political process, simplicity is a virtue. Just because one […]
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Federalism as a new political thinking
Notes for “Federalism as a new political thinking”, Ventotene, 2 September 2002, by Richard Laming Examples of rival forms of political thinking – Nationalists – people we are clearly opposed […]
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Your region: your choice – revitalising the English regions
A response by Federal Union to the government’s White Paper, 30 August 2002 SUMMARY OF RESPONSES References are to paragraphs of the Federal Union Paper A. Federal Union is of […]
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Federalism and the global challenges
By Richard Laming Notes for “Federalism and the global challenges”, Ventotene, 4 September 2002 What do federalists think of globalisation? What is globalisation? It is people and organisations doing things […]
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Why nation states are not obsolete
By John Roberts There is a myth abroad that the nation state is nowadays a paper tiger, its place as the rampant danger to peace and stability in the world […]
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Why the IMF remains undemocratic
Letter published in The Guardian, Thursday 18 July 2002 Most concepts of democratic accountability include answering before a parliament representing the citizens. There is no such role within the IMF, […]
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Use of Hitler in video is misplaced
From the Western Morning News, 9 July 2002 I must say that I am appalled by MP Kate Hoey’s comments regarding the inclusion of Adolf Hitler in the NO campaign […]
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A humane and effective immigration and asylum policy
Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 4, 5 June 2002 Dear Members of the Convention Not a week goes by without further evidence of the desperation felt […]