Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Barristers" produced 50 items.
| 1. Who should be the first face of Europe? Not Blair | October 8, 2009 |
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With Ireland's ‘Yes' to the Lisbon treaty, speculation is mounting about who should be the permanent presidency of the European Council. Here is the case against Tony... |
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| 2. Blair the party man | June 21, 2007 |
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A lot of nonsense has been talked about the possibility of Tony Blair becoming the first president of the EU if a treaty is ever agreed that does away with rotating... | |
| 3. Treading on political toes | June 21, 2007 |
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Slowly, inexorably, the EU spotlight turns back on the UK. For two years, its national debate has lain dormant, anaesthetised by the French and Dutch referenda, to the... | |
| 4. Greek cartoon mix-up | May 16, 2007 |
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In Britain, the finance minister is about to become the prime minister, with Tony Blair standing down, to be replaced by Gordon Brown. European Voice made its own attempt to... | |
| 5. Blair's UK | May 3, 2007 |
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Tony Blair is a masterful communicator, so I would not be surprised if by July, when he leaves Downing Street, people will believe that he brought the UK to the heart of the... | |
| 6. The end of the Blair decade | April 26, 2007 |
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In his ten years as prime minister, Tony Blair has failed to keep many promises, but he still believes that he has brought the UK closer to the heart of the EU.... | |
| 7. Blair to clinch deal on constitution before quitting | April 19, 2007 |
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Tony Blair wants to bid farewell to the European Union with a deal on a slimmed down constitution. In an interview, Blair says that the legacy of his premiership is that... | |
| 8. Britain and the man with the golden smile | November 23, 2006 |
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Some years ago there was a vote to identify the most boring aspect of the British way of life. The Queen's spectacles comfortably won first prize; second came any family with... | |
| 9. The world's turned against America | September 14, 2006 |
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In politics, five years is an eternity. Just take a look at the world's views of US foreign policy on this week's anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. France's | |
| 10. The EU can live with Brown after Blair | September 14, 2006 |
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Exit Tony Blair, enter Gordon Brown: good news or bad for the European Union? On the face of it, the changeover – now virtually certain by June at the latest – will be a... | |
| 11. Different Voices | July 20, 2006 |
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"What they really need to do is to get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over." George W. Bush, US president, caught off-mike explaining to UK Prime... | |
| 12. Blair calls for a new economic direction | October 27, 2005 |
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EU heads of states and government were meeting for an informal summit in London today (27 October) with the UK presidency urging new measures to boost Europe's... | |
| 13. Tony Blair's EU-turns | October 6, 2005 |
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European Voice is right to point out that Tony Blair seems to have taken a long vacation from Europe ('Blair's failure could lead to financial accord', 29 September - 5... | |
| 14. Blair's failure could lead to financial accord | September 29, 2005 |
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Tony Blair has decided to refocus the UK presidency of the EU on finding agreement on the Union's next multi-annual budget, the financial perspectives. Having spoken in... | |
| 15. The Blair presidency doomed to fail? | July 7, 2005 |
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Over the years, thousands of articles must have been written describing Tony Blair as "the most pro-EU British prime minister since Edward Heath". Now is the time, as he... | |
| 16. Research spending is dear to British hearts | June 30, 2005 |
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair put research firmly on the EU agenda days before the UK was to take the chair of the Council of Ministers. Speaking to the European... | |
| 17. Is Anglo- Saxon the EU's new language? | June 30, 2005 |
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HOW much appetite there will be for the UK presidency's planned push for economic reform is still unclear. The fact that the EU is facing a crisis of confidence could mean... | |
| 18. The danger of EU leaders desperate to make history | June 30, 2005 |
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The fallacy underlying the call for reflection and reconsideration of the future for Europe is the assumption that a consensus can be reached between 25 different cultures.... | |
| 19. The superstar, the model and the ‘he-man' | June 30, 2005 |
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THE reviews of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's performance in the European Parliament range from boffo to begrudging respect – not bad for a guy who only a few days... | |
| 20. Air still polluted as EU leaders fail to crack the eggs | June 23, 2005 |
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THINGS apparently haven't gotten bad enough in the European Union, what with the constitution's demise, the pathetic big-country power-trips and the ensuing summit fiasco.... | |
