Blair for the Commission?
Sometimes the simplest questions are the best ones. I was asked last week, in response to some newspaper suggestions that Tony Blair was being talked about as a possible president […]
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The European federalists must intensify their actions
By Michele Ciavarini Azzi, President UEF-Belgium A lot has been said and written on the results of the European elections. However, the election campaigns appear to have offered no real explanation
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The Socialists should oppose the nomination of Barroso
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 30 June 2009 Commission president José Manuel Barroso’s campaign for re-election cleared its latest hurdle at the end of presidency European Council meeting earlier this
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Silence speaks louder than words
Former prime minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstat spoke at the launch of the Liberal campaign for the European elections yesterday. (Read a report on the launch here.) Euractiv reports him
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Time is running out for a socialist candidate
At the campaign launch for the socialist European election manifesto in Brussels on 11 February, PES leader Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was pressed on whether there would be a socialist candidate
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Gordon Brown turns his back
Published in EUobserver, 19 March 2009 British prime minister Gordon Brown opened a press conference in Downing Street on Monday, with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso at his side, with
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What would democracy in the EU look like?
Irish entrepreneur Declan Ganley launched his new eurosceptic political party Libertas in the UK today. He intends to have candidates in each of the 27 member states, apparently, but on
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Reasons for the Socialists not to nominate a candidate for president
I’ve written a few articles lately on why the Socialists should nominate a candidate for president of the Commission in the run-up to the European elections this summer – here,
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Do the Socialists have vision and principle?
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 11 February 2009 The Party of European Socialists will launch its European election manifesto in Brussels today (11 February). In preparation for the elections in
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Why parties should nominate candidates for president of the Commission
By Richard Laming An enquiry comes in: why should political parties nominate candidates for president of the European Commission in the elections next summer Here are three reasons: 1. Honesty
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