Posts Tagged ‘Lisbon Treaty’
Will Angela Merkel give us a referendum on the EU?
Angela Merkel wants a mechanism to kick countries out of the euro. And can you blame her? For a decade, German politicians have been reassuring their voters that the euro would not result in their bei... Read More
Would changes to the euro need a new EU Treaty?
This is such a minefield, but it’s far from dull because the political fall-out is huge. Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, says that the creation of a European Monetary Fund, so that th... Read More
No 10 says the EU now has its own Foreign Office
Before the Lisbon Treaty was a done deal, the British Government used to get very touchy about the European External Action Service that it will create. We were told repeatedly that the EEAS will not... Read More
An appeal to Guardian readers
British radicals were historically for the dispersal and democratisation of power. Some of them – Tony Benn stands in a place of special honour - still are. But when it comes to the EU, a surpri... Read More
BTW Dave will head the campaign to stay in the EU
By the way, it’s worth noting another moment from Dave’s appearance on Today. Remember when he ran up the white flag on the Lisbon Treaty and set out his Plan B? And he said he wanted a more “pe... Read More
President Blair and the Conservatives' secret European angst
Wandering through a quiet Palace of Westminster last night I bumped into a surprising number of MPs, including a couple of Tory frontbenchers. In separate conversations, both confessed a terrible sec... Read More
Ken Clarke: Tory pledges on Europe are just 'reassurances'
Good old Ken Clarke, a walking gift to journalism if ever there was one. Mr Clarke has just been addressing the Commons press gallery. Inevitably, the leading Tory pro-European was asked about David... Read More
Funeral in Berlin – of freedom, buried by EUSSR commissars posing as democrats
As farces go, it has Brian Rix beaten to a cocked hat. The spectacle of the leaders of the EUSSR marching solemnly through Berlin to celebrate the “fall” of communism and the restoration of freedo... Read More
Gordon Brown should send David Miliband to Brussels as EU 'foreign minister'
Over dinner in Berlin tonight, European leaders will not be short of conversation. Angela Merkel may not want the Berlin Wall celebrations to be overshadowed, but we all know that they’re going... Read More
Perhaps Britain needs a written constitution after all
The United Kingdom, we were taught at school, didn’t need a written constitution; it had a sovereign Parliament instead. People in hot countries might put their faith in ink and paper, ran the t... Read More