Britain and the Convention on the Future of Europe

International Affaires

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 963-978+ii+iv

  Menon, Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10744219758     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2346.2003.00348.x     Document Type: Review

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1. Space constraints preclude a discussion of these issues here. A lengthier discussion of Britain's role in the convention, which addresses them in some detail, can be found on the Notre Europe website: http://www.notre-europe.asso.fr/.
2. Peter Hain made this point after the Convention had finished its work. The 'outcome . . . as Tony Blair has always wanted, has put us in a good position to win the euro argument and creates the context for making the case for the euro.' Financial Times, 29 July 2003. A similar argument was put forward by Lord Owen on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on 18 September 2003, when he seemed explicitly to link an outcome to the IGC that limited Europe's federalist ambitions with the possibility of his taking a more positive view towards British membership of the euro.
3. Presidency conclusions, European Council Meeting, Laeken, 14-15 Dec. 2001, Sn 300/1/01 Rev. 1, Annex I, Laeken Declaration on the Future of the European Union.
4. The FTs 'Observer' comment reported that his appointment was seen by other group members, who had dubbed him 'Miniband', as proof that London was endeavouring to minimize the significance of the declaration by failing to appoint a political heavyweight. Financial Times, 7 Aug. 2001.
5. Presidency conclusions, Laeken Declaration, p. 21.
6. Ibid., pp. 24-5.
7. Herald, 16 Dec. 2001.
8. The Economist, 27 May 2003.
9. Financial Times, 18 Dec. 2001.
10. Financial Times, 25 Jan. 2002.
11. Herald, 24 Jan. 2002.
12. Financial Times, 25 Jan. 2002.
13. Financial Times, 30 Jan. 2002.
14. Guardian, 28 Feb. 2002.
15. Guardian, 26 Feb. 2002.
16. Independent, 28 Feb. 2002.
17. Tony Blair, Speech to the Polish Stock Exchange, Warsaw, 6 Oct. 2000.
18. Jack Straw, 'Reforming Europe: new era, new questions', speech delivered at The Hague, 21 Feb. 2002.
19. Financial Times, 18 Feb. 2002.
20. Independent, 31 Jan. 2003.
21. AFX Europe (Focus), 9 Jan. 2002.
22. Straw, 'Reforming Europe: new era, new questions'.
23. Independent, 21 Feb. 2002.
24. Guardian, 28 Feb. 2002.
25. Blair, Speech to the Polish Stock Exchange.
26. Financial Times, 16 May 2002.
27. Blair, Speech to the Polish Stock Exchange.
28. Financial Times, 14 June 2002.
29. Independent, 22 July 2002.
30. CONV 353/02.
31. CONV 286/02.
32. Guardian, 29 Oct., 30 Oct. 2002.
33. Financial Times, 16 Oct. 2002.
34. Independent, 23 April 2002.
35. Financial Times, 2 Jan. 2003.
36. Brendan Donnelly claims that premature bragging by the British about their ability to shape the convention was part of the motivation for others to take the process more seriously: FT.com, 20 June 2003.
37. See Franco-German Plan (15.2.2003), http://www.bundeskanzler.de/www.bundeskanzler.de.7698.459668/ Deutsch-franzoesischer-Beitrag-zur-institutionel...htm.
38. Cited BBC News, 20 Jan. 2003.
39. Independent, 16 Jan. 2003; Guardian, 21 Jan. 2003.
40. Independent, 16 Jan. 2003; Guardian, 21 Jan. 2003.
41. The Economist, 11 Oct. 2002.
42. Guardian, 30 Jan. 2003; Independent, 24 Jan. 2003. The irony is that in the Strasbourg speech in which he originally mooted the idea of a presidency for the European Council, Chirac had portrayed it largely as a way of ensuring effective external representation for the Union.
43. Guardian, 30 Jan. 2003; Independent, 24 Jan. 2003. The irony is that in the Strasbourg speech in which he originally mooted the idea of a presidency for the European Council, Chirac had portrayed it largely as a way of ensuring effective external representation for the Union.
44. CONV 591/03.
45. Guardian, 30 Jan. 2003.
46. Financial Times, 30 Jan. 2003.
47. Guardian, 7 Feb. 2003. In his interview earlier in this issue. Mr Hain admits that the publication of the first draft marked the low point of the Convention for him, and that he was 'a bit bad-tempered' about it.
48. Guardian, 7 Feb. 2003.
49. European Voice, 6 March 2003.
50. Financial Times, 7 Feb. 2003.
51. Financial Times, 20 Feb. 2003.
52. Independent, 18 March 2003.
53. FT.com, 21 May 2003.
54. EU Observer, 16 May 2003. Disingenuously in that it is hard to see how more majority voting on foreign policy matters would stop Britain acting as it saw fit.
55. Guardian, 20 May 2003.
56. Guardian, 15 May 2003.
57. Independent, 20 May 2003.
58. Guardian, 20 May 2003.
59. Financial Times, 22 May 2003.
60. Guardian, 20 May 2003.
61. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 'Ten-point summary of European draft constitutional treaty', 7 June 2003.
62. Guardian, 12 June 2003.
63. Independent, 7 June 2003.
64. Independent, 12 June 2003.
65. FT.com, 6 April 2003.
66. Nouvel Observateur, 19 June 2003.