Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Peter Hain" produced 62 items.
| 1. The Namesake | April 12, 2007 |
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Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, a senior Cabinet minister now for a decade, is a man who wants to be Prime Minister. In fact, he very, very much wants... | |
| 2. ‘Mr Slik' | July 22, 2004 |
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PERMA-tan man has a ticket for Brussels, the land of perma-rain and a place where le parapluie, rather than the bottle of Ambre Solaire, is a vital fashion accessory. So... | |
| 3. Time to make EU's arms code binding | May 19, 2004 |
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FRANCE is once again at loggerheads with the Anglo-American alliance that declared war on Iraq. This time Paris is venting its fury over efforts to keep the name of... | |
| 4. EU television torture sees MEP in pain | March 18, 2004 |
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Whoops! UK Tory MEP Edward McMillan-Scott's lack of knowledge of the EU was exposed when he appeared on The Politics Show on BBC2 on Sunday. McMillan-Scott scored just... | |
| 5. Super-commissioner no cure for Lisbon ills | February 26, 2004 |
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THE call by leaders of France, Germany and the UK for a super-commissioner in charge of economic policy was justified, at last week's Berlin summit, by the need to rejuvenate... | |
| 6. Blair's Euro-star | November 20, 2003 |
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THE new constitution for the European Union: if you buy what you read in the Europhobic sections of the UK press, it signals nothing less than the end of 1,000 years of... | |
| 7. Putting parliaments in the picture – one step at a time | October 16, 2003 |
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ONE of the lesser-known features of the proposed new EU constitutional treaty is the ‘power' to be given to national member state parliaments to scrutinize and object to... | |
| 8. Germany's fight to retain veto over immigration plays into Blair's hands | July 10, 2003 |
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GERMANY has become an ordinary European Union country. So ordinary, that it does not shy away at all from fighting for its interests – something which used to be seen as... | |
| 9. Friday the 13th will not prove Giscard to be unlucky – just lacking in courage | June 12, 2003 |
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NOW we know how the future European Union may look, and one can be forgiven a wry smile: 16 months ago, when Valéry Giscard d'Estaing proudly inaugurated the... | |
| 10. Pain for ‘gravy train' Hain | May 28, 2003 |
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Britain's former Europe Minister Peter Hain, now Welsh secretary and Tony Blair's main man on the Convention on Europe's future, has doubtless been accused of many things in... | |
| 11. Different Voices | May 28, 2003 |
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“You never made up your mind, that's the point. Britain never considered Europe as the full option. You wanted to be in Europe but have other options...if you want to be a... | |
| 12. Disappointment in store over ‘timid' foreign policy text | May 28, 2003 |
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Defying public opinion, pressure from member states has slammed the brakes on the Convention's ambitions for a robust CFSP. THE Convention on the future of the EU risks... | |
| 13. 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... | |
| 14. Blair must find backbone to battle jingoistic nonsense | May 22, 2003 |
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BRITISH history in the bin! – so screamed a headline in The Sun yesterday (21 May). Beneath it was a diatribe on the future of Europe Convention, under the byline of one... | |
| 15. Blair warning to Convention: key vetoes must stay for UK support | May 22, 2003 |
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UK PRIME Minister Tony Blair has warned Valéry Giscard d'Estaing that the constitution being drafted by the Convention must not cross ‘red lines' if it is to win... | |
| 16. Powell leads US attack on Gang of Four defence plan for Europe | May 1, 2003 |
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PLANS to develop a European defence policy outside NATO are not a “putsch” against the Alliance or the US, the leaders of France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg insisted... | |
| 17. Different Voices | April 17, 2003 |
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“The region is going through a very difficult process and I think it would be better to make constructive statements to see if we can cool down the situation.”EU foreign... | |
| 18. Convention plans to abolish veto right on foreign policy | April 17, 2003 |
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EU FOREIGN policy decisions will be taken by majority voting if backed by the European Commission, under radical plans drafted by the praesidium of the Convention on EU's... | |
| 19. Mini-summit scheduled over military union | March 27, 2003 |
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THE leaders of France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg are to hold a special mini-summit in Brussels next month, as plans to develop a defence union within the EU gather... | |
| 20. Future of Europe talks should be FUN! | March 20, 2003 |
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THE Convention is finally offering a glimpse of the European constitution to be. Unsurprisingly, the very first draft article indicates that the Union “shall administer... | |
