Is a majority enough?
I went to the Second European Citizens’ Convention in Vienna last week, and said a few words in a discussion about how a future constitution might be ratified. An earlier […]
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Where next for the European Union?
By Brendan Donnelly In discussing the future of the European Union, we have to start by acknowledging that there is a substantial and probably growing unease in the relationship between
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Send the constitutional debate back to the member states, says the UEF
UEF and JEF call for local, regional and national governments and European civil society to grasp the opportunities of the Duff-Voggenhuber report Today, 20 January, the UEF and JEF sent
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Thomas Jefferson v Alexander Hamilton
There was a fascinating debate on the radio this evening comparing the political philosophies of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Both were important figures in the American revolution and the
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EU chain of control
By Lawrence Fullick Published in The Tablet, 18 June 2005 Sir Stephen Wall’s view of the European Union after the French and Dutch referendums (The Tablet, 11 June) states some sensible
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How can multilateralism be democratic?
Based on a talk given by Richard Laming to the AGM of Federal Union, 12 March 2005. I remember in the days of the debate about the euro, a central
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The democratic credentials of the new European Union: does the Constitution increase the EU’s democratic legitimacy?
Brussels, 9 September 2004, Richard Laming, Director, Federal Union Bureau member, Union of European Federalists Why democracy matters in the EU The origin of the European Union is the recognition that
Citizens in Europe, citizens of Europe
“Democracy requires not only the people. You can create the apparatus of a state at European level, with a common frontier, a single immigration policy, a common foreign and defence
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