The hypocrisy and absurdity of the anti-Europeans just keeps on growing. In the European Parliament yesterday, protesting at the signing of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, UKIP leader Nigel Farage
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In the wake of scandals over phone-in competitions and even the name of the Blue Peter cat, the BBC needs to confront yet another failing. It reports a UKIP-inspired referendum
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By Richard Laming Published in the Daily Telegraph, 20 September 2007 Sir, Two referendum questions, on the reform treaty and separately on EU membership, would cause more confusion, not less (Letters,
By Richard Laming EUOBSERVER / COMMENT – Has anyone else noticed how odd it is that the people who normally complain the most that the EU is obsessed with
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Former Europe minister Keith Vaz has joined in the debate about holding a referendum on Europe, calling for a vote on the same day as the general election next spring
A background briefing from Federal Union – 20 June 2007 The debate about whether or not there should be a referendum in the UK on the next European treaty
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By George Parker in Brussels Published: June 17 2007 18:32 | Last updated: June 17 2007 18:32 Plans by Europe’s leaders to push a reworked European Union constitution on to
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The summit taking place later this week is provoking a lot of discussion and activity among the federalists. The central arguments of the campaign by the UEF are that the
“In today’s tense, multi-polar situation, European unification makes it possible for us to play a role which no one could have foreseen back at the start of the East-West conflict.
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François Bayrou said citizens felt they had “a Europe, that they did not choose, imposed on them” with “opaque” and “impenetrable” rules, he said, before considering the “true nature of
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