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April 2007

30 Apr 2007

MEPs in pensions cost cover up

27 Apr 2007

Further comment on plans to avoid a referendum

26 Apr 2007

Blair: British voters are “prejudiced” on the EU; but don’t want government to listen to them

25 Apr 2007

Blair attacked for attempting to “smuggle” in the EU Constitution by the back door

24 Apr 2007

Blair to meet Merkel today to discuss new EU treaty plans; hopes to avoid referendum through ‘rebranding’

23 Apr 2007

Leaked Merkel letter exposes plans to ‘rebrand’ the EU Constitution: Plan to make “presentational changes” and use “different terminology without changing the legal substance”

20 Apr 2007

Blair: we will sign up to new EU treaty in June – and will ditch referendum promise

19 Apr 2007

Lords demand referendum on new EU treaty

18 Apr 2007

Milburn criticises drive to bring back EU Constitution but insists “some reform is needed” – calls for return of powers to member states

17 Apr 2007

Blair calls for new EU “amending treaty” – Government admits it will try not to hold a referendum

16 Apr 2007

Sweden’s young political leaders call on government to launch new EU policy and reject Constitution

13 Apr 2007

EU speeds up decision making post-enlargement – argument that Constitution necessary to make EU work a “euromyth”

12 Apr 2007

EU directive to lower London house prices?

11 Apr 2007

High-level FCO unit looking at Brownite foreign policy?

10 Apr 2007

Iran to have bomb within two years?

05 Apr 2007

EU Commission continued to hire Italian businessman despite OLAF investigations linking him with corruption

04 Apr 2007

Brown climbs down on British EU budget rebate

03 Apr 2007

EU fails to live up to tough talk on environment as emissions rise

02 Apr 2007

EU environment targets backfiring