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British cooking has never been so popular
Message to Europa-Union Deutschland Congress, 16-17 November 2001, Fulda Dear Friends, Your Congress meets at an important time for Europe and at an important time for the federalist movement. The European […]
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The European future of Slovakia
2nd meeting of the National Convention on the European Future of Slovakia, Bratislava, October 1, 2001 At the second meeting the members of the National Convention on the European Future […]
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The “second” chamber
Memorandum of evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union by Andrew Duff MEP 1. The government appears to be about to make a proposal for […]
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The International Criminal Court
By Daniel Wheatley From Nuremberg to Sarajevo The Nuremberg tribunals set the first principles to put individuals on trial for crimes committed in the name of the state. The Genocide […]
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Representative democracy has not passed its sell-by date
A submission to the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee, 2 October 2001 1. This paper looks at the unpopularity of political institutions in general, the unpopularity of the European […]
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Federalism is a direction not a destination
By Richard Laming, based on a talk given at the Ventotene seminar on 2 September 2001. It is always a pleasure to come to Ventotene to talk about federalism. There […]
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Peace and security are not the same thing
By Richard Laming It is hard to contain one’s outrage at the terrorist attacks on buildings in New York and Washington DC. But it would be a mistake for the […]
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The federalist critique of internationalism
By Roberto Castaldi 1. What is internationalism? – An ideology: a theory about war, peace and international order. There are different kinds of internationalism, but their basic features are the […]
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London should run its own transport system
In a democracy, you need a very good reason to deny people something they have voted for. The Labour government has yet to come up with that good reason regarding […]
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Blair’s reliance on summits is misplaced
By Richard Laming Tony Blair’s recent comments that next year’s EU summit in Barcelona will be “make or break” inspire nothing so much as foreboding. For the record of summits […]