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How 'dependent' is the UK on exports to 'Europe'? The British think they're in the EU for trade. That's what they were told in 1972 and 1975 and that's what they're still being told today. But in all likelihood 90 per cent of the British economy is NOT involved in exports to the EU. 25 years...

UK economy still outperforms its European neighbours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And the Brits are still richer than their European neighbours - UK economy outperforms European neighbours The UK is appreciably better off than its...

1. Delors: Britain right to reject euro Jacques Delors, the former President of the European Union, this week admitted that Britain was justified in opting out of the single currency. In an interview with the Times, he said, “Since we have not succeeded in maximising the economic advantages of...

Britain's economy Why worry? Nov 25th 2004 From The Economist print edition Economic success has made Britons smug. That's dangerous IT TOOK about 20 years to repair the damage done to the British economy in the 1960s and 1970s. First came Margaret Thatcher's microeconomic reforms in...

The EU, US and UK: Which way to go? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Address to The Nixon Center, April 11, 2000 By Conrad M. Black Chairman and CEO, Hollinger International Inc. (For pdf version, click here) America should stop trying...

Why Europe lags behind By Bruce Bartlett Europeans are frustrated. They have been behind the United States economically for years and thought this was due to lack of economic integration. So they created the European Union, with a common currency and virtually free mobility of goods, capital...

A Scathing Indictment of Old Europe" by Parker Ames Friday, June 27, 2003 www.chronwatch.com . . . Ralph Peters, writing for the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, bids adieu to America’s former allies France and Germany, in a scathing indictment of ''Old Europe.'' The article...

Conservative Vision for U.S. Policy Toward Europe by John C. Hulsman, Ph.D., and Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. Backgrounder #1803 October 4, 2004 | Executive Summary | | For the better part of the past 50 years, each suc*cessive U.S. Administration has eventually come to the same conclusion about...

More specifically, does the Ents analogy work for present-day Europe? Before you laugh at the silly comparison, remember that the Western military tradition is European. Today the continent is unarmed and weak, but deep within its collective mind and spirit still reside the ability to field...

« Going, going... the old man of Europe (Chirac) the great survivor is on his way out, leaving France in a state of decline » What do you call a great survivor at the bottom of the ocean? A good start. I know, you're not in for easy jokes but I just couldn't help it. And because I'm the one...

RE: how long will the EU stay in E? By 2030, the EU will have 30 members states, more than it has now. But it's share of the world economy would have shrunk. Analysis: French study says Europe fading By Martin Walker UPI Chief International Correspondent Published 5/14/2003 1:40 PM...

by Wess Mitchell The military campaign in Afghanistan demonstrated that, among NATO countries, only Great Britain - with its small but professional military - has the capability to deploy advanced military assets to far-flung theaters of operation in support of U.S. forces. However...

50 questions for Europhiles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions for Europhiles The following are a set of questions kindly supplied by Mr D'Oliveira which may prove useful if questioning Europhiles at public meetings, or writing...

The EU only wants Britain as a member because of its huge fish stocks. Berfore it joined the EU, 80% of Europe's fish were in British waters. Now that it has persuaded Britain to be a member, the EU destroys the British fishing industry, and allows heavily-funded Spanish and French fishermen...

The EU's Common Agricultural Policy is a disgrace -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It has damaged Britain and the Third World QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY Why did the Common Agricultural Policy ever get set up in the...

"Europe," proclaimed de Gaulle, "is France and Germany: the rest are just trimmings." The celebrated Letter of the Eight expressing support for the U.S. stance on Iraq has been seen as giving substance to U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's evocation of "New Europe" as a counterweight...

1975 Billion Dollars (exchange rate of 1.795) at the present moment. Europe's fastest-growing economy, and the world's 4th largest, about to become only the 4th country in the world to reach 2 trillion and should soon overtake Germany to become Europe's largest economy for the first time since...

Re: how long will the EU stay in E? On 1st January 1973, Conservative British Prime Minister Edward Heath took Britain into the European Common Market. Heath reassured Parliament and the British people at the time that British sovereignty would not be affected and that we were just joining a...