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The European Union and the Greek-speaking world
By Richard Laming Normally, discussions of the involvement of Greece in the process of European integration start by remarking that Greece is the original home of democracy, and that it […]
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Controlling Europe’s “Ministocracy”
The Challenge for the 1996 IGC – a briefing from the European Movement The institutions of the European Union are in many ways well structured: designed to co-ordinate, propose, pass […]
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Charles Handy on federalism
Federalism is an emotive word in Britain today. That is both silly and sad, because federalism, as a form of organisation, is becoming more and more relevant to every complex […]
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Federal Union: The Pioneers
(published by Macmillan, 1990) Britain’s relationship with its European Community partners has been bedevilled by divergent views about the aim of a political union with federal institutions. Federalism is often […]
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On federalism
By John Roberts Federalism is a political theory and an ideal. It is concerned with the control and proper use of power. It deals with the reality of power in […]
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The first use of the term “democratic deficit”
The JEF Manifesto was adopted by the JEF Congress in Berlin in 1977, and is believed to be the first recorded use of the phrase “democratic deficit”. The first chapter […]
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Federalist MPs
At the end of October 1967 the European Federalist Movement (European Union of Federalists) sent a questionnaire to 630 British Members of Parliament designed to assess their views on a […]
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A European policy for Britain
The following policy statement has been issued by Britain in Europe Ltd. and the Campaign for Europe. It was adapted by a joint meeting of the two organisations on January […]
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European federation now
A pamphlet published in December 1951 europeanfederationnow
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Speech by Miss F-L Josephy at the first Congress of the UEF
Montreux, Switzerland, 27-31 August 1947 Being British I am not particularly interested in theory and not at all in philosophy. I am lost in the subtleties of integral federalism. In […]