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Press Summary Archive

July 2007

31 Jul 2007

EU Commissioner admits Constitution and new texts are “as close to each other as was possible”; Conservatives ready to make EU treaty an election issue

30 Jul 2007

Gisela Stuart: "The real issue has become one of trust”

27 Jul 2007

Mike Hancock becomes first Lib Dem MP to call for a referendum

26 Jul 2007

EP President: new treaty format allowed us to keep elements of Constitution "we would not have dared present directly"

25 Jul 2007

"Cut-and-paste Constitution" will be "bad for business and bad for Britain" say business leaders

24 Jul 2007

New Open Europe research: new treaty contains 96% of EU Constitution; Miliband: "the constitution concept has been abandoned and not reformed or ameliorated"

23 Jul 2007

Spanish Foreign Minister: 98% of the Constitution is preserved in new EU treaty; "The wrapping has been changed, but not the content"

20 Jul 2007

EU Foreign Minister will have automatic right to speak for Britain at UN

19 Jul 2007

Telegraph trails launch of referendum campaign in autumn

18 Jul 2007

Giscard d’Estaing: New EU treaty will be more than 90% of Constitution and the best way to achieve “ever closer union”

17 Jul 2007

Brown accidentally admits it is“the Constitution”; but says there is no need for a referendum

16 Jul 2007

Sarkozy: "I want Europe to be capable of ensuring its security autonomously"

13 Jul 2007

Former Italian PM: if people understood what was going on they would ask for a referendum; Macshane: please stop calling it a Constitution - “the game isn’t over yet”

12 Jul 2007

Brussels admits Charter “safeguards” are worthless: “We are going to make sure that this issue is constantly before the European Court of Justice”

11 Jul 2007

Barroso: EU is an empire

10 Jul 2007

EU fraud costing £1m a day

09 Jul 2007

British Government admits EU treaty ‘red lines’ were “purely presentational”; Brown: we will defend red lines, and reject referendum

06 Jul 2007

EU anti-fraud watchdog accused of irregularities and conflicts of interest

05 Jul 2007

New Europe Minister fails to reassure MPs on Charter ‘opt-out’

04 Jul 2007

Brown moves to rule out a referendum

03 Jul 2007

Juncker: EU treaty means “enormous extension in the fields of the EU's powers” – and should be hidden from UK voters

02 Jul 2007

Giscard d’Estaing: “all the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised in some way”