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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. ...
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EU budget Archive
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Statements on the budget
Posted on 22/12/2005 | No CommentsWhy my bank statements come in through the post, I always read them carefully to check up on what has been going on – did I really spend that, I sometimes ask myself, how stupid. I think it’s time that EU budget statements got the... -
Half Cox
Posted on 09/12/2005 | 2 CommentsPat Cox, former MEP and former president of the European Parliament, was today elected president of the European Movement International. He takes over from Jose Maria Gil-Robles, and gave an excellent speech accepting the post. He wanted to dispel some fears about the EU and... -
The future of the EU budget
Posted on 03/12/2005 | No CommentsResearch questions received from a student, with responses from Richard Laming, Director of Federal Union 1. Do you agree that the current UK rebate from the European Union undermines community logic and EU solidarity? 2. The UK Government’s position on the rebate, and the need... -
This is no crisis, not by European standards
Posted on 22/06/2005 | No CommentsBy Nina Fishman The Editor Financial Times 22 June 2005 Dear Sir, Martin Wolf claimed recently that the FT is the European newspaper, read by the political leaders throughout the EU. As a constant FT reader, I would have agreed with his unspoken assumption that... -
All in this together
Posted on 14/06/2005 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 14 June 2005 In the aftermath of the French and Dutch referendums, nothing can be taken at face value in the EU. The debate about the EU budget and the British rebate is a perfect example. There is suspicion in the...
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