Nov
27
Where is the taxi-driver who likes the EU?
November 27, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Where is the British taxi-driver who likes the European Union? The hunt is on.
According to the president of the EU`s Committee of the Regions, Franz Schausberger, at least one taxi-driver who drove him during a recent visit to the UK enthused about the EU.
Mr Schausberger told a hearing of the Constitutional Affairs Committee in Brussels [...]
Nov
27
First Day in the Office and EU Commissioner gets it Wrong
November 27, 2004 | Leave a Comment
On her first working day as an EU commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite, the former Lithuanian finance minister was told that she was wrong by fellow left-winger Terry Wynn, Labour (UK) member of the Budget Control Committee. Grybauskaite had just tried to dismiss Independent MEP Ashley Mote as someone who criticised without having supporting data. Ashley Mote [...]
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Nov
15
International Herald Tribune (15 November 2004)
November 15, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Sir,
Professor Nye argues (IHT Nov 15) that President Bush should revive American support for European integration. If he does so there are good grounds for thinking he will simultaneously lose his staunchest support on the other side of the Atlantic.
Public opinion in the UK is deeply divided on Iraq and the Bush agenda. But American [...]







