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Two cheers for the UK's EU Presidency
13 December 2005
Forget the talk, conjecture, and assumptions, the bottom line is that the UK Presidency of the EU has achieved at least some movement on almost eighty percent of its...
Chancellor outlines his views on liberty and globalization
13 December 2005
The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, today delivered the second annual Hugo Young lecture at Chatham House, held in association with The Guardian. He outlined...
Kosovo PM to discuss Final Status talks
5 December 2005
Kosovo, the landlocked province within Serbia and Montenegro, has been the backdrop to a centuries-old and often-strained relationship between its Serb and ethnic Albanian inhabitants. The province is administered...
Polish PM praises EU and the power of democracy
24 November 2005
The new Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz visited Chatham House on Thursday 24 November. In a wide ranging speech the Prime Minister stressed the role European Union membership plays...
New report on Cyprus: Is the problem unsolveable?
23 November 2005
The Cyprus problem appears to have entered a new stalemate. The referendum of 24 April 2004 was approved by the Turkish Cypriots, but rejected by the Greek Cypriots. No...
President Borrell speaks of a Europe in crisis
9 November 2005
Josep Borrell, President of the European Parliament, spoke today at Chatham House of the crisis facing Europe. He said that the main cause of the current difficulties is the...
CH Fellow is new French-American Foundation President
4 October 2005
The French-American Foundation announced today in New York that its Board of Directors had appointed Nicholas W. F-R. Dungan as the new President of the Foundation. Mr. Dungan replaces...
Europe needs migrant workers - but who willl tell the voters?
8 September 2005
In recent years the UK has benefited enormously from migrant labour, legal and illegal. The same is true in many other EU states, yet public opinion is still cautious...
Reviving the Euro-Med Process under the UK EU Presidency
7 September 2005
Ten years on from its birth, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership process is falling short of its original ambitious aims. Under the UK Presidency of the European Union the reinvigoration of...
Britain and Europe special issue of 'International Affairs'
4 July 2005
This July special issue of International Affairs, Chatham House's foreign policy journal, is a timely contribution to debate about Europe's future direction and focuses on three main themes:
• how...
Commissioner plays down fears over euro
10 June 2005
Joaquin Almunia, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, played down concern over the euro and said that no member is likely to abandon the project. 'The euro is there...
Development report to be launched at Chatham House
8 June 2005
Chatham House in collaboration with the Helsinki Process is pleased to invite you to the international Launch of the High-Level Helsinki Group Report on Wednesday, 29 June 2005 at...
Thinking Gleneagles? Think Chatham House
7 June 2005
Chatham House will be publishing a PRE-SUMMIT REPORT, organising EVENTS and putting forward SPEAKERS on the G8 Summit at Gleneagles.
Africa
The situation in Africa has seen little improvement since the...
Barroso's European Commission six months on
24 May 2005
Half a year on from its chaotic formation, can José Manuel Barroso's new cabinet make a real impact on the direction of the EU?
With the French and Dutch European...
The EU Constitution: Cut through the rhetoric
24 May 2005
For independent, insightful and intelligent comment on the French referendum and its consequences contact the European Research Programme at Chatham House.
A 'no' to the proposed Constitution is not the...
US Ambassador: EU-US natural partners despite differences
17 May 2005
Rockwell Schnabel, US Ambassador to Europe, said today in a speech at Chatham House, that when he moved to California from his native Holland he found that the spirit...
Russian media to discuss Kremlin-EU relations
12 May 2005
As relations between Russia and the EU continue to be strained, Chatham House is giving the British press an unprecedented opportunity to talk over the future of EU-Russia relations...
'No' to Europe will harm UK, warns former Blair advisor
20 January 2005
Britain will face isolation in Europe if it votes 'no' to the EU contstitutional treaty in the forthcoming referendum. This is the warning given by Sir Stephen Wall, former...
MacShane says UK would risk 'mediocrity' outside EU
19 January 2005
A UK outside the European Union would risk irrelevance and end up having to conform to rules decided in Brussels anyway. That was the message Dr Denis MacShane, Minister...
EU must act to end voter apathy, says new book
17 January 2005
European politicians need to act immediately to end voter apathy towards pan-European elections claims a new report, Reinvigorating European Elections, published this week by Chatham House.
There is a tangible...
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