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Maastricht Treaty

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Name: Maastricht Treaty

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 49 mins ago - 2 reports

Leading entrepreneur and businessman on EU membership…

During an interview with BBC Radio 4, David Cameron said he believed the terms of the UK’s membership of the European Union would be successfully renegotiated.Checkatrade.com boss Kevin Byrne, a leading businessman and entrepreneur of the South East, ... [Published The Bip - 49 mins ago]

Entities: European Union, Maastricht Treaty, Entrepreneur, United Kingdom

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Why The Time Is Ripe For Switzerland To Finally Join The European Union

At the Swiss-EU border - (davduf) By Anne Carron-Cescato and Patrick Vallat*LE TEMPS/Worldcrunch-Essay-GENEVA – May is the month of Europe, celebrating the anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe on May 5, and of the European Union on May ... [Published Worldcrunch - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Switzerland, European Union, European Movement, Robert Schumann

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Greece

Angela Merkel visited Greece on October 9 and was instantly confronted by crowds of protesters who do hate her. Merkel has been behind Greece's controversial austerity measures which have angered many citizens. She is right to challenge Greece's inability ... [Published Helium - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Angela Merkel, Greece, European Union

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

MP Attacks Other Tories For 'Swivel-Eyed' Euroscepticism

Conservative MP Gary Streeter has attacked "swivel-eyed" eurosceptic Tory MPs for being willing to sacrifice the election in pursuit of their goal of leaving the European Union.Writing in the Western Morning News on Tuesday, the Devon South West MP savaged ... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 21 2013]

Entities: The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Gary Streeter, Edward Leigh

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

UKIP UK Independence Party

Little Englander - The last few weeks have exposed a deepening crisis in politics.

When Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage are described as ‘anti-establishment’ figures then politics is some way between farce and fantasy.What is tragic and serious, though, is the state of the body politic in Britain, the deplorable nature of what masquerades ... [Published Holyrood - May 21 2013]

Entities: UKIP UK Independence Party, European Union, Crisis

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

'Swivelled-eye' EU Tories must not get upper hand

Britain's relationship with our EU partners is important. But for most voters it is well down the list. Right now, the most important challenge facing us is to get our economy moving again and reduce the massive annual deficit we inherited, still standing ... [Published This is Devon - May 21 2013]

Entities: European Union, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Referendum

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Office for Budget Responsibility

US deficit's fall counters austerity theory

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the Internal Revenue Service following a meeting with Treasury Department officials, in the White House, in Washington DC, USA, on May 15, 2013.The president put in place a stimulus plan, which by last year, ... [Published Brunei Times - May 20 2013]

Entities: Office for Budget Responsibility, Obama Administration, Gross Domestic Product

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

On this day: John Smith funeral | Hamburger Hill

MAY1498: Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut, southern India, after discovering a route via the tip of southern Africa.1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon on a mission to invade England. It comprised 129 ships sent by Phillip II of Spain. 1840: ... [Published The Scotsman - May 20 2013]

Entities: Lord Carloway, John Smith, Betty Driver, Battle of Hamburger Hill

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

So what happened to the European dream?

IT'S a measure of how attitudes to Europe have changed in Britain over the last 20 years that anti-Europeans like Nigel Farage of UKIP, who was barracked in an Edinburgh pub last week, are now regarded almost as members of the political mainstream in ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 19 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, European Union, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), European Economic Community

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

When the going gets tough the Tories run away

:03 AMWritten byIT was not a matter of if but when.Despite the charm and confidence of David Cameron, there was always two linked dangers facing a new Conservative Government. First that, at the first sign of trouble, they would lurch to the right.And ... [Published Bedfordshire on Sunday - May 19 2013]

Entities: The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), European Union, Anti-European, Michael Portillo, Maastricht Treaty

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Dambuster heroes saved us but the EU will undo it all

Thanks to the bravery and skill of 133 members of 617 Squadron 70 years ago this week the Nazis suffered a devastating blow and Europe was set on the path to freedom.Only one of the pilots, Les Munro, is still alive but it speaks volumes of the awe in ... [Published Daily Express - May 18 2013]

Entities: European Union, Common Market, Treaty of Rome

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

James Wharton: the MP aged 29 who could give us all a say on Europe

JAMES Wharton, the Tory MP who could help give voters a say on Europe, was not even born when the 1975 referendum took us into what was then the European Economic Community. James Wharton was only eight when John Major signed the Maastricht Treaty He ... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 17 2013]

Entities: Maastricht Treaty, John Major, European Economic Community, University of Durham

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She gave this statement, "I am aware that the situation [in the society] is tough. I came here to support Greece."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Greece [Published Helium - 21 hours ago]

...ommentator Frank Johnson, referring to Tony Blair's break with Labour's past in 1994 when he tore up part of his party's constitution, observed that "Mr Cameron has found his Clause Four moment: it's called Simon Heffer"

The ugly truth is a smug Tory elite has sneered at the party faithful for decades [Published Mail Online UK - May 21 2013]

"It's not an attitude or a view I have ever heard expressed in No 10, in Central Office, we respect and work with people who work incredibly hard as volunteers, unpaid, for the party" he told Channel 4 News

MP Attacks Other Tories For 'Swivel-Eyed' Euroscepticism [Published Huffington Post UK - May 21 2013]

...the demise of the Major government, he said last week's revolt among Tory MPs over the absence of an in-out EU referendum in the Queen's Speech "was like being transported back into the 1990s when Conservative MPs were running around in circles over the Maastricht Treaty" . In an article for the he added: 'Over the amendment to the Queen's Speech on Wednesday I recognised once more the familiar glint in the swivelled-eyes...

Now a Tory MP calls his own party 'swivel-eyed' for obsessing about Europe as row over Cameron's ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 21 2013]

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Leading entrepreneur and businessman on EU memb... [Published The Bip - 49 mins ago]
Time for UK to renegotiate EU membership [Published Fresh Business Thinking - 4 hours ago]
Falklands and other BOT should be given a seat ... [Published Merco Press - 10 hours ago]
Why The Time Is Ripe For Switzerland To Finally... [Published Worldcrunch - 14 hours ago]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Greece [Published Helium - 21 hours ago]
The ugly truth is a smug Tory elite has sneered... [Published Mail Online UK - May 21 2013]
Little Englander - The last few weeks have expo... [Published Holyrood - May 21 2013]
MP Attacks Other Tories For 'Swivel-Eyed' Euros... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 21 2013]
Now a Tory MP calls his own party 'swivel-eyed'... [Published Mail Online UK - May 21 2013]
'Swivelled-eye' EU Tories must not get upper hand [Published This is Devon - May 21 2013]
US deficit's fall counters austerity theory [Published Brunei Times - May 20 2013]
On this day: John Smith funeral \| Hamburger Hill [Published The Scotsman - May 20 2013]
When the going gets tough the Tories run away [Published Bedfordshire on Sunday - May 19 2013]
So what happened to the European dream? [Published Herald Scotland - May 19 2013]
Dambuster heroes saved us but the EU will undo ... [Published Daily Express - May 18 2013]
Exit Europe from the left \| Bob Crow [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Foreigners forced to wait for right to vote in ... [Published The Local France - May 17 2013]
James Wharton: the MP aged 29 who could give us... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 17 2013]
Doctor in the House [Published PoliticsHome - May 16 2013]
Learn the lessons of Maastricht, Tories told [Published This is Devon - May 16 2013]
IMA's Navdeep Sidhu: Regulators should avoid Uc... [Published Money Marketing Online - May 16 2013]
EU referendum bill to go through Parliament [Published The Scotsman - May 16 2013]
EU referendum amendment backed by 114 Tory MPs [Published The Scotsman - May 16 2013]
“The True Story of the Bilderberg Group” and Wh... [Published RINF.com - May 15 2013]
As Europe struggles, the Franco-German alliance... [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 15 2013]
US budget deficit's fall should make European '... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]
Forex Flash: US Budget Deficit shrinks - Fidelity [Published FXstreet.com - May 15 2013]
Obamas British Blunder [Published New York Sun - May 14 2013]
This rebellion is Cameron's Maastricht. He shou... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 14 2013]
Germany's Perverse Devotion to Austerity [Published Bloomberg - May 14 2013]

Blogs

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Exit Europe from the left \| Bob Crow [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013] Most Britons dislike the European Union. If trade unions don't articulate their concerns, the hard right will For years the electorate has overwhelmingly opposed Britain's membership of the European Union – particularly those who work for a living. ...
How EU sanctions work: A new narrative [Published European Union Institute for Security Studies - May 13 2013] The European Union has devoted growing attention to sanctions since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty. In total, the Council has imposed Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) sanctions targeting countries, economic sectors, groups, individuals ...
After leaving office, Margaret Thatcher believe... [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - May 08 2013] On Tuesday night, at a Spectator readers’ evening, Andrew Neil interviewed me about my biography of Margaret Thatcher. He asked me if, after leaving office, Lady Thatcher had come to the view that Britain should leave the European Union. I said yes (I ...
Maggie’s EU-Turn [Published Guy Fawkes' blog - May 08 2013] A very interesting revelation from Charles Moore at last night’s Speccie event at Cadogan Hall: Maggie wanted Britain to leave the EU after she left office. According to Moore it “became her view… after the Maastricht Treaty in 1992″, but was kept ...
Maggie Maggie Maggie, wanted out out out [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - May 08 2013] To Chelsea to hear Charles Moore lift the lid on his Thatcher biography. While the crowd at the Cadogan Hall loved the anecdotes and insight, it was Moore’s revelation that, in later life, it ‘became her view’ that Britain should leave the EU that pricked ...