By Brendan Donnelly It is still unclear whether the Convention on the future of Europe, chaired since early 2002 by Valery Giscard d’Estaing and now approaching its final phase, will […]
Giscard’s Convention: the final stretch Read More »
By Richard Laming Political scientists and commentators specialise in looking for divisions among the members of the European constitutional convention: between large and small countries, between centralisers and decentralisers, between
Parliamentary democracy in Europe Read More »
General points 1. The constitution should be clear and in writing, adopted after public debate. 2. The ECJ should be the supreme court of the Union. 3. The constitution should
Proposals for the constitutional convention Read More »
Report from the AGM, 22 March 2003 Jeremy Hargreaves: What’s wrong with politics? What would a federal Europe look like? Too often we talk as if it’s something somewhere ‘over
The European constitutional convention: how far towards federalism? Read More »
The European Commission should take a lead in formulating European foreign policy The functions of the High Representative on Foreign Policy should be taken over by a Vice-President of the
Europe needs a powerful voice in the world Read More »
A Federal Union paper for the European constitutional convention National parliaments should be given time to scrutinise legislative proposals The Council should meet as an assembly, not as a committee
Europe needs influential national parliaments Read More »
A Federal Union paper for the European constitutional convention The European Parliament should have co-decision making powers on all legislation and the budget The Council should meet as an assembly,
Europe needs a democratic and efficient legislative process Read More »
A Federal Union paper for the European constitutional convention The European Commission should become the executive of the EU The European Parliament should elect the European Commission The presidency of
Europe needs an accountable president Read More »
By Brendan Donnelly At the end of last year, I was offered the post of Director of the Federal Trust, an offer I immediately accepted. Most of my friends were
The future’s federal Read More »
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
Federal Union’s model of the European Union could not be further from a superstate Read More »
