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I suppose countries which fail to approve the treaties negotated by their governments at the European Council will be politely asked by same to invoke Article 50...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 12:45:35 PM EST
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Cameron has promised a referendum on pretty much any 'transfer of power' but then claims that this will apply to 'not just treaty changes but also taking Britain into the euro'. I wonder whether he plans to apply this to all passerelle clauses or just to treaty changes and decisions on monetary union. In any case, a Tory government would probably veto most moves to utilise a passerelle clause and any successor government could decide not to be bound by this law.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 01:13:16 PM EST
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I see Brit Conservatives are as vapidly ambiguous as their US confreres.  Anything, if you squint just right, is a "transfer of power."  Thus, the phrase is Semantically Null.
by ATinNM on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 01:24:13 PM EST
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I seem to remember one T. Blair promising a referendum on Euro membership.

Call Me Dave is electioneering. He'll say whatever he has to keep the crazies on board the bus.

But the good thing about referendum politics in the UK is that so often there seems to be something more interesting happening, and it's so very hard to find the time to organise one.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 01:44:02 PM EST
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