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Support for EU constitution slips in France PARIS, March 15 (AFP) - Two and a half months before a national referendum, support for the European constitution in France has slipped further and now stands at 56 percent, according to an opinion poll Tuesday. The findings published in Le Monde...

UK gets the least amount of money out of the EU. Brown wants us to leave. Germany, despite having a larger economy than Britain, receives more money from the EU than Britain. Is Britain really that good and the rest so crap that they need more money from the EU than Britain? Time to withdraw...

More than 90 per cent of consumers in countries that use the European single currency believe the advent of the euro has sent prices soaring, leading Brussels officials have admitted. Joaquin Almunia, the European Commission's monetary affairs commissioner, acknowledged that the idea had "taken...

Britain's Big Tent The real 'new Europe' is an arc of countries that share a very English approach to the region By Stryker McGuire Newsweek International Sept. 27 issue - In a construction-clogged corner of Brussels, the sterile towers of the European Union rise above Schuman Circle. As they...

From The Sun - EU 'ditch' Brit history PUPILS are to be brainwashed with history books written by the EU. British volumes would be swapped for a Brussels version of the past. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said: “The moment will come when we will have a genuine...

Booming Britain strikes again. Stagnant, decaying Continental Europe strikes again - UK firms 'to take on more staff' Prospects in the building industry are looking up UK companies are optimistic about creating more jobs over the coming three months to June, research from recruitment firm...

FRENCH CENTRAL BANK REVISES FRENCH FIRST-QUARTER GROWTH DOWNWARDS Received Monday, 14 March 2005 08:58:00 GMT PARIS, March 14 (AFP) - The Bank of France revised its forecast for growth of the French economy down by 0.1 percentage points to 0.4 percent on Monday. It also reported that its index...

With 10 weeks until the French vote on Europe’s constitution, the ‘yes’ camp is losing ground. Hugh Schofield in Paris reports Thursday’s mammoth demonstrations across France brought out the usual cavalcades. Greying veterans of May 1968, legions of railwaymen, teachers and their students...

The UK, one of the world leaders in stem cell research, says it will ignore the UN ban on human cloning - Britain Says it will Ignore UN Human Cloning Ban - Vote November 19th UNITED NATIONS, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Attempts by Belgium to scuttle a vote on a Costa-Rica...

IOC watches Paris grind to halt - London coud now be hot favourite to beat Paris in the race to win the bid for the 2012 Olympics Public sector strikes deal blow to French Olympic hopes Paul Kelso and Jon Henley in Paris Friday March 11, 2005 The Guardian Olympic inspectors visiting Paris...

EU economy 'at least 20 years' behind US 11.03.2005 - 17:43 CET | By Richard Carter EUOBSERVER/BRUSSELS - The US economy is 20 years ahead of that of the EU and it will take decades for Europe to catch up, according to an explosive new study published on Friday (11 March). The survey...

What made an Airbus rudder snap in mid-air? When Flight 961 literally began to fall apart at 35,000 feet, it increased fears of a fatal design flaw in the world's most popular passenger jet David Rose Sunday March 13, 2005 The Observer At 35,000 feet above the Caribbean, Air Transat...

Ailing Germany slides down economic league table, whilst Holland and the UK are at the top. By Kate Connolly in Berlin (Filed: 01/03/2005) From The London Telegraph - Germany risks becoming the new sick man of Europe as the Continent's one-time economic giant sinks deeper into malaise and...

It's a motorbike that weighs almost half a ton - Top award for Triumph 17/11/2004 17:25 Triumph Motorcycles has been awarded the prestigious "British Brand of the Year" title in The Walpole British Excellence Awards 2004. The awesome Triumph Rocket III The Walpoles, first...

b]Everyone knows Europe has chosen a totalitarian Eastern regime over a democratic Western regime. The E.U. wants to end the translantic alliance and prevent America from freeing people.[/b] From The Scotsman, a very anti-EU newspaper - thescotsman.scotsman.com . . . FRASER NELSON GIVING...

Why the EU Constitution is bad for Britain and bad for the US Why the EU Constitution is bad for Britain and bad for the US By Charles Moore (Filed: 19/02/2005) Telegraph London In the stern old pre-Vatican II days, Roman Catholics used to be instructed not to read the Bible by themselves...

“Europe” – a threat to our freedoms and our peace Bernard Connolly Ancien Regime France sought global hegemony. It sought it as a territorial power, one with absolutist internal structures that were both inimical to freedom and restrictive of economic growth. Its opponents were everywhere. But...

UK enjoys services trade surplus Canary Wharf on a clear day The UK has a vast financial services industry The UK was the world's second largest exporter of services in 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics. Its latest annual figures for the services sectors, show that...

Europe as an economic irrelevancy the UK, due to a combination of better demographics and growth is expected to overtake the German economy in 2036 (not the next ten years, please note), and by 2050 its GDP per capita is forecast to be around 30% higher than France or Germany’s, and 50%...

France is playing the World Champions England in the Rugby Six Nations Championship tomorrow, and the French team aren't performing too well. The French say it has something to do with france's crumbling economy and high unemployment - French executives explain why France has 'les bleus'...