Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "British Parliament" produced 39 items.
| 1. Conservative tactician | November 10, 2011 |
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In 2001, aged just 30, George Osborne was a newly elected member of the British parliament, the youngest on the Conservative benches, and was looking for people to staff his... |
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| 2. EU should not duck collision on treaty change | October 27, 2011 |
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British vote on Europe is a sideshow, but the issue cannot be avoided for long. The vote in the British parliament this week on whether to call a referendum on membership of... | |
| 3. The paper clip: 11 August | August 11, 2011 |
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European markets rally after yesterday's losses; diplomatic activity over Syria gaining speed. European markets rallied this morning after losses of some 4% in trading on... | |
| 4. Stepping back in time to help explain modern thinking | January 13, 2011 |
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Exploring how far the mythology of kings lives on in today's politics.
When Louis XVI was guillotined in 1793, the French did more than | |
| 5. Animal champion | April 9, 2008 |
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The father of London's would-be mayor and the author of the novel “The Commissioner” looks back at his “most wonderful job” – in the Commission in Brussels. If... |
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| 6. National politics is history - Europe is where the future lies | March 30, 2006 |
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Globalisation is hollowing out national legislatures. The deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation of a country's economy and welfare state shift functions out of the... | |
| 7. 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... | |
| 8. Time to come clean on EU farm subsidies | February 24, 2005 |
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While 2005 has already seen the implementation of a major change in Europe's farm policy, the pressure for further reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be... | |
| 9. Auditors elect greyhaired president in tense contest | January 20, 2005 |
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The European Court of Auditors has a new president. The Austrian member of the court Hubert Weber was elected ahead of rival candidates, Dutchman Maarten Engwirda and... | |
| 10. Hungarian horseman | June 17, 2004 |
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A FAT dictionary gave Péter Bálazs his introduction to Europe. Hungary's first European commissioner recalls that one of his favourite tomes on his family bookshelf... | |
| 11. Commission shows steel over precious metals law | September 25, 2003 |
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ENTERPRISE Commissioner Erkki Liikanen has rejected claims that a planned directive governing the sale of precious metals could kill-off the centuries-old tradition of... | |
| 12. UK's ‘not yet' to the euro draws heat | June 12, 2003 |
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THE chairwoman of the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee says it is “unimaginable” that the UK will remain outside the single currency. German... | |
| 13. ‘Fatal' to delay euro vote, top German warns Blair | May 22, 2003 |
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THE German chairwoman of the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee has intervened in the debate over whether Britain should join the euro, urging UK... | |
| 14. Blair strategy on Europe sunk by deception, dishonesty and denial | May 22, 2003 |
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THE difference between lying and being economical with the truth is a very slender one that is ruthlessly exploited by some politicians. The British politician is a master of... | |
| 15. Britain and the euro: Blair should be bold | May 15, 2003 |
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If the British premier and his ministers were more frank, they would admit the tests for euro entry had been met and push to rejoin the exchange rate mechanism, writes Dick... | |
| 16. Lloyd's anguish | May 1, 2003 |
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I write in response to the representations made by MEPs Lord Stockton and Michael Cashman at an open meeting arranged by Roy Perry MEP, rapporteur of the petitions committee,... | |
| 17. Defiant Andreasen brands Kinnock 'accuser and judge' | September 5, 2002 |
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WHISTLEBLOWER Marta Andreasen has vowed not to cooperate with disciplinary proceedings against her by the European Commission unless they take place in public. Andreasen... | |
| 18. Move to put cartel kingpins in prison could punish EU plans, critics claim | April 4, 2002 |
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UK GOVERNMENT plans to put cartel ringleaders in jail could damage EU moves to boost cooperation on competition cases, business leaders are warning. The Confederation of... | |
| 19. Baroness Fearless | November 22, 2001 |
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HER eyes narrow and she fixes you with an intense glare as she whispers: "I never show fear." Emma Nicholson is describing the moment when, during her recent trip to a... | |
| 20. Tories' external relation | November 18, 1999 |
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AT 55, Chris Patten has joined the ronin. Like the wandering bands of leaderless ex-samurai, Patten, his predecessor at the European Commission Sir Leon Brittan and former... | |
