Constitutional treaty or Lisbon treaty?
A question comes in from a subscriber to our e-mailings: What would Federal Union have preferred? The constitutional treaty or the Lisbon treaty? My answer is the constitutional treaty, definitely. …
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Politics dressed up as law
As this blog predicted, the attempt by Stuart Wheeler to force a referendum on the Lisbon treaty has been rebuffed by the courts. (The original story is told here.) You …
The new EU Reform Treaty
What was agreed at the European summit? The European summit held in Brussels on 21-23 June 2007 has abandoned the idea of a European constitution and replaced it with a …
Which parts of the treaty are the most important?
I received a response to my article on the idea of a referendum on the Reform Treaty (which you can read here) asking “what do you mean by: ‘The parts …
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The BBC gets it wrong again
In the wake of scandals over phone-in competitions and even the name of the Blue Peter cat, the BBC needs to confront yet another failing. It reports a UKIP-inspired referendum …
The results of the European Council, June 2007
By Brendan Donnelly Introduction To the surprise of some observers, the European Council of 21 and 22 June made considerable and detailed progress towards breaking the stalemate in the debate …
Damage to democracy
A meeting of the International European Movement was held this weekend in Berlin. I was there as a British delegate and also because the UEF bureau was meeting in parallel. …
UEF President warns against watering down European constitution
Brussels, 20 June 2007 Mercedes Bresso, President of the Union of European Federalists, calls upon the European Governments to reject any compromise text which would remove the most important innovations …
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How do you solve a problem like Radio Maria
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 19 June 2007 The European Council meeting later this week is one for the connoisseur. Not only do we have a big issue at stake …
Brown, Blair and the constitutional treaty
By Brendan Donnelly During the past month it has become much clearer how Mr Blair at least hopes that the politically difficult question of the European constitutional treaty will be …