A matter of respect
By Richard Laming There has been some interesting Eurosceptic criticism lately of the European Parliament’s vote against an amendment “to respect the outcome of the referendum in Ireland” on the
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The retention of the veto
A rather clumsy statement in the House of Commons today by Gisela Stuart, opponent of the Lisbon treaty, on the subject of the location of the European Parliament. It is
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Turmoil on the far right
The far-right Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament appears to be on the verge of breaking up because of comments made by an Italian MEP, Alessandra Mussolini, about
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News from Lisbon about the new treaty
A report from the House of Commons European Scrutiny committee earlier this month complained about the procedure that had been followed in drawing up the new Reform Treaty. It objected
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Attempts to revive EU constitution
By Richard Laming Published in The Independent, 19 February 2007 Sir: Simon Carr may be an experienced observer of Westminster but he is woefully ill-informed about the European Union (sketch, 8
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Parliamentary democracy
I was at a King’s College London European Society debate this evening on the future of the European Union. (Read my introductory remarks here.) I lost my temper, almost, at
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How to fight the far right
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 17 January 2007 Two parallel developments in the European Parliament this month reveal much about the state of European democracy. First of all, there is the
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Party like it’s 2009
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 27 October 2006 An intrepid group of Danish pro-European campaigners want to know why they can’t join European political parties. As reported in these pages
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When it comes to Vodka, the answer is clear
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 28 September 2006 I wrote in these pages earlier in the year about wine. Now I am going to move on to vodka. On another
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UEF welcomes success of the One Seat campaign reaching 1 million signatures
19 September 2006 “It costs European taxpayers approximately 200 million euros a year to move the Parliament between Brussels/Belgium and Strasbourg/France. As a citizen of the European Union, I want
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