Federalist Letter to the Intergovernmental Conference

The Union of European Federalists, of which Federal Union is the UK section, published a regular Federalist Letter, analysing and commenting on the debates in the European Convention and the subsequent Intergovernmental Conference.

Double majority voting is the only sensible way to cast votes in the Council of Ministers - Federalist Letter number 15	27/11/03
The retention of the national veto will bring the enlarged Union to a halt - Federalist Letter number 14	20/11/03
A compromise on the Commission may be necessary to maintain momentum in the IGC - Federalist Letter number 13	14/11/03
Do not re-open the debate about the text of the draft constitution - Federalist Letter number 12	02/10/03
Majority voting should be included for future amendments to the European constitution - Federalist Letter number 11	09/07/03
Europe: "at our best when at our boldest" - the Convention should not forget why it was established - Federalist Letter number 10	03/07/03
The Convention is failing to bring democracy to the European Union - Federalist Letter number 9	12/06/03
The Convention is failing to learn the lessons of the crisis in Iraq - Federalist Letter number 8	11/06/03
The European Council cannot lead Europe: the European Commission can - Federalist Letter number 7	10/06/03
The introduction of rotation to the members of the European Commission will weaken it and should be resisted - Federalist Letter number 6	03/06/03
New subsidiarity provisions should not make the EU more complicated - Federalist Letter number 5	03/10/02
A Constitution for freedom, security and justice - Federalist Letter number 4	05/06/02
Europe must resist the racist right - Federalist Letter number 3	21/05/02
A Federalist Plan for the Convention - Federalist Letter number 2	19/03/02
A Constitution for the European Federation - Federalist Letter number 1	28/02/02

The quotes in the different issues of the Federalist Letter are collected here.

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