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- In this new book, Brendan Donnelly and Hugh Dykes, both former Conservative parliamentarians, critically review British attitudes towards the European Union, particularly those of the media and political classes. They...
- Federal Union held its AGM and annual conference on 17 March 2012. The morning session, entitled “Can the European Union be saved?”, looked at the European treaty agreed at the...
- By John Parry Review of “The Council of Europe” by Martyn Bond (Routledge Global Institutions Series, price £75 hardback) It was summer 1949. In the village of Le Hohwald, tucked...
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- How the world turns - 20/05/2012It is not only the world of politics that is turned upside down by the European banking crisis and the ineffectual way in which political leaders are dealing with it. ...
- Authentic euroscepticism - 20/05/2012A very interesting article in the Daily Telegraph last Friday by Jeremy Warner (read it here) sums up the eurosceptic dilemma and reveals the perverse nature of the way they...
- Overwhelming - 18/05/2012This blog has described before the difficulties associated with Greek departure from the eurozone. It would reduce the Greeks to a cash or even barter economy for a while, and...
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European constitution Archive
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A European Referendum for a European Constitution: strategy and action of the federalist organisation
Posted on 09/09/2007 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Based on a speech, given at the Ventotene seminar, 4 September 2007 Thank you for the invitation to speak on the subject of the campaign for the referendum on the constitution. It is always a pleasure to come to Ventotene to discuss... -
Roman Herzog and Lüder Gerken: is Germany a parliamentary democracy? (14/01/07)
Posted on 03/07/2007 | No Comments“And so the question arises whether Germany can still be referred to unconditionally as a parliamentary democracy at all, because the separation of powers as a fundamental constituting principle of the constitutional order in Germany has been cancelled out for large sections of the legislation... -
Come on you Reds
Posted on 17/06/2007 | No CommentsThe 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 summit should commit (1) to agreeing a European constitution and (2) to putting that constitution... -
Jürgen Habermas: A silent majority in favour of Europe
Posted on 12/06/2007 | No Comments“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. At the outset, “Europe” was a response to internal problems; today, when we think about... -
New campaign for a European referendum attracts public support – Let the European people decide!
Posted on 17/03/2007 | No CommentsSaturday 17 March 2007 A new campaign for a European referendum on the European constitution was launched in Berlin on Saturday 17 March. The campaign calls for a consultative referendum on the constitution in all EU member states at the time of the next European... -
Max van den Berg: a more concise and relevant text
Posted on 28/02/2007 | No CommentsIf a new treaty is to focus primarily on the concerns of the citizens, the Charter should definitely be included. The Dutch citizens have already indicated that they are hugely in favour of European cooperation. Everybody profits from a more democratic, simple and effective Europe.... -
Merkel’s headache
Posted on 14/02/2007 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in The Prague Post, 14 February 2007 German Chancellor Angela Merkel probably didn’t get the reception she had hoped for when she visited Prague in January. She came to discuss the future of the European constitution, as part of her European tour,... -
Dominique de Villepin: in favour of a European referendum (3/2/07)
Posted on 04/02/2007 | No CommentsDominique de Villepin aurait-il, pour l’Europe, de plus hautes ambitions que Nicolas Sarkozy ? C’est ce qu’il a laissé entendre jeudi à Bucarest où, lors d’une rencontre avec des étudiants roumains, il s’est prononcé pour la mise en chantier d’un traité constitutionnel amélioré, soumis pour... -
To the European Heads of Government gathering in Madrid on 26 January 2007
Posted on 23/01/2007 | No CommentsBrussels, 23 January 2007 The last important step in the European integration process was taken in Maastricht in 1991, when the then 12 member states of the European Union decided to establish an economic and monetary union. The EU has more than doubled in membership... -
France’s Royal wants new EU constitution referendum
Posted on 18/01/2007 | No CommentsSegolene Royal, the socialist candidate to become France’s next president, has said she is in favour of holding a new referendum on a revised EU constitution in 2009, proposing to make the treaty more attractive to the French by attaching a social declaration. “I want...
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