An enquiry comes in as to whether the Reform Treaty has any implications for Britain’s opt-out from the euro. Despite what some Eurosceptic conspiracy theorists have sometimes suggested, the answer
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I remember there used to be a campaign in London on behalf of homeless people called “Homeless, not helpless”. Tory policy on Europe risks being both. It is well-known that
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The Netherlands Council of State is an independent, respected and authoritative body. It offers the Dutch government expert legal opinion on legislation. The Council of State’s opinion, delivered on 12
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By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 23 October 2007 It happens quite often, but not always so visibly, that European decisions have an impact on everyday life. An important and recent
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COMECE’s Secretary General Mgr Treanor greets the announcement of an agreement on the new treaty for the European Union. The agreement, reached by the 27 Heads of States and Governments
Environment groups have given a cautious welcome to the revised EU treaty approved by heads of state and government at a summit in Lisbon in the early hours of Friday.
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A nonsensical article by Boris Johnson in the Daily Telegraph last week (you can read it here). He argues that Qualified Majority Voting in the EU should be unravelled, and
Published in The Guardian, 19 October 2007 As supporters of the Coalition for the Reform Treaty, we encourage successful negotiations on the European treaty currently being negotiated by Gordon Brown and
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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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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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