The eu’s Legitimacy in the Eye of the Beholders

Appendix F – British Articles

The Independent – Period 1
Keywords: Future of Europe

1. 
   June 14, 2001. ‘When you look to the future of Europe, don’t forget us in the east; ‘This is politics on a grand scale, quite different from the opening up of the club to already affluent nations’, Robert Soltyk.
   

2. 
   May 30, 2001. ‘Election 2001: Prodi raises the stakes with call for new EU tax’, Stephen Castle and Andrew Grice.
   

3. 
   May 29, 2001. ‘Election 2001: Analysis – very French, very dull but little to fear in the Jospin plan’, John Lichfield.
   

4. 
   May 28, 2001. ‘Leading article: Read between the lines of mr Jospin’s Euro-rhetoric’.
   

5. 
   January 24, 2001. ‘Leading article: Listen to mr Fischer, and think harder about Europe’.
   

6. 
   December 12, 2000. ‘Mr Blair has helped Britain to find a role in Europe; ‘This country needs to demonstrate its seriousness as a European player by joining the single currency’, Donald Macintyre.
   

7. 
   July 4, 2000. ‘Media: The press’s distorted coverage of Europe must stop; ‘the continental media appears to be are one event; The British at a completely different one’, Peter Mandelson.
   

8. 
   July 3, 2000. ‘Letter: Chirac’s “Hard Core”’, Richard Corbett MEP.
   

9. 
   May 16, 2000. ‘Podium: Apologies to the UK, but “federal” is the only way; Taken from the speech on the future of Europe delivered by the German foreign minister, at Berlin’s Humboldt university’, Joschka Fischer.
   

Keywords: Democratic Europe

10. 
    May 8, 2001. ‘Letter: A democratic Europe’, Terry Bishop.
    

11. 
    December 13, 2000. ‘Letter: Europe of Regions’, Margaret Leach.
    

12. 
    December 5, 2000. ‘Letter: A democratic Europe’, John S Jones.
    

13. 
    December 6, 2000 (originally: December 5, 2000). ‘Letter: A democratic Europe’, Andrew Duff MEP.
    

14. 
    August 3, 2000. ‘Letter: Democratic Europe’, Ruth Lea.
    

15. 
    August 4, 2000 (originally: August 3, 2000). ‘Letter: Democratic Europe’, Rae Street.
    

16. 
    August 5, 2000 (originally: August 3, 2000). ‘Letter: Democratic Europe’, Glyn Ford MEP.
    

Keywords: Democratic Deficit

17. 
    October 6, 2000. ‘Leading article: The European debate may be moving Britain’s way’.
    

18. 
    October 5, 2000. ‘Mr Blair’s new, practical plans for Europe’s future; ‘When an official complained that tomorrow’s speech was Gaullist, Blair replied: “De Gaulle? Top name”’, Donald Macintyre.
    

The Guardian – Period 1
Keywords: Future of Europe

1. 
   May 3, 2001. ‘Comment & Analysis: Winning the referendum is the beginning, not the end: Blair must sell a vision of Europe, as well as the euro, to the voters’, Hugo Young.
   

2. 
   January 29, 2001. ‘Comment & Analysis: Inside Europe: Schmoozing in Berlin’, Ian Black.
   

3. 
   December 12, 2000. ‘Comment & Analysis: Everyone was a winner at the battle of Nice: For once, it wasn't a contest between Britain and the rest’, Hugo Young.
   

4. 
   December 8, 2000. ‘Comment & Analysis: France versus the mighty Americans: They want a transformed Europe to moderate US dominance’, Martin Woollacott.
   

5. 
   December 5, 2000. ‘Comment & Analysis: Forget Florida, it's Nice we should be worried about: There is little cause for optimism at this week's EU summit’, Hugo Young.
   

6. 
   December 2, 2000. ‘Opinion and Letters: More whine, Francois?: John Prescott did his best but the French are not merely different, they are deluded’, John O'Farrell.
   

7. 
   November 27, 2000. ‘Comment & Analysis: Bush or Gore, it will be tough bananas for Europe: We must accept that American interest is shifting away from us’, Peter Preston.
   

8. 
   June 30, 2000. ‘Comment & Analysis: We need vigour and rigour at the heart of Europe: New European institutions must foster an inclusive democracy’, Martin Woollacott.
   

9. 
   June 29, 2000 (originally: June 30, 2000). ‘Policy and Politics: Will Europe's mix 'n' match gamble work?: Politicians remain confident they can muddle along together despite different visions for the future. But hard choices are inevitable’, Larry Elliott.
   

10. 
    December 12, 2001. ‘Leading Article: Hearken to Laeken: A real chance to make Europe work’.
    

11. 
    December 3, 2001. ‘Comment & Analysis: With God on our side: Ian Black: Inside Europe’, Ian Black.
    

12. 
    July 26, 2001. ‘Comment & Analysis: They risk their place in history if they balk: Labour's landslide was a mandate on Europe. There can be no retreat’, Hugo Young.
    

Keywords: Democratic Deficit

13. 
    September 10, 2001. ‘Comment & Analysis: Does anyone in Britain still care about central Europe?: In Prague, doubts grow about our commitment to EU enlargement’, Peter Preston.
    

14. 
    May 1, 2001. ‘Germany wants EU integrated in 10 years: Schroder sees no alternative to enlarged union’, John Hooper and Kate Connolly.
    

15. 
    October 7, 2000. ‘Europe des patries: Mr Blair's version: do your own thing’.
    

16. 
    October 8, 2000 (originally: October 7, 2000). ‘Commentary: Can a touch of pragmatism bring Europe into new focus?’ Hugo Young.
    

17. 
    January 29, 2000. ‘The trouble with Europe; It is reform that will save the project’.
    

Keywords: Future of the EU

18. 
    June 18, 2001. ‘Comment & Analysis: The Gothenburg summit: Bosses in the driving seat: Protesters may have made the headlines, but corporations wield the power’, Madeleine Bunting.
    

19. 
    June 5, 2001. ‘Comment & Analysis: The euro will bring down our prices. So stop fretting: The union gives us power where we would otherwise have none’, Chris Huhne.
    

20. 
    May 30, 2001. ‘Comment & Analysis: Election watch: What a promising start: The Tories are already colluding in their own defeat in a euro referendum’, Hugo Young.
    

Keywords: Democratic Europe

21. 
    May 4, 2001. ‘Parliament cracks EU secrecy, but new access rules have big catches’, Ian Black.
    

22. 
    November 8, 2000. ‘Leading article: No place for Mr Haider: Austria would do better to ditch him’
    

The Independent – Period 2
Keywords: Future of Europe

1. 
   December 12, 2005. ‘The Monday Interview: Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission president – “Britain brings a lot to the European Union but it should also accept that it gains a lot”’, Stephen Castle.
   

2. 
   September 14, 2005. ‘Letter: Why the EU must welcome Turkey’, John Green.
   

3. 
   June 16, 2005. ‘Mr Blair is the last man to want a European Confrontation; Although he will get one’, Steve Richards.
   

4. 
   June 4, 2005. ‘Liberal Capitalism invades the EU’, Steve Brickle.
   

5. 
   May 23, 2005. ‘Why our politicians prefer fear to analysis’, Andreas Whittam Smith.
   

6. 
   May 19, 2005. ‘A campaign with a winning message and a complete lack of self-confidence’, Steve Richards.
   

7. 
   April 28, 2005. ‘Does Blair want France to vote “yes”?; At least it would give him a grand and dramatic issue on which to end’, Adrian Hamilton.
   

8. 
   November 29, 2004. ‘French lessons in holding a Euro Referendum; If France were to reject the constitution, then the concept would’, Andreas Whittam Smith.
   

Keywords: Democratic Deficit

9. 
   June 22, 2005. ‘Stop blaming these “elites” for Europe’s chaos’, Mary Dejevsky.
   

10. 
    June 3, 2005. ‘The voters of Europe are demanding more democracy, not more free markets’, Johann Hari.
    

11. 
    May 31, 2005. ‘The romantic symbolism of the superstate is defeated. Blair can now fight for his vision; Signing up for all that waffle about pluralism would have kept alive’, John Rentoul.
    

12. 
    October 30, 2004. ‘Leading article: Sincere Europeans should strive to make this treaty a reality’.
    

Keywords: Future of the EU

13. 
    June 20, 2005. ‘Leading article: The EU can still be pulled back from the brink'.
    

14. 
    May 24, 2005 (originally: May 23, 2005). ‘Leading article: EU constitution: It is time for Europe’s supporters to speak up’.
    

15. 
    May 20, 2005. ‘The president who let down his nation’, Denis Macshane.
    

16. 
    November 23, 2004. ‘I made the right choices for European Commission, says Barroso’.
    

Keywords: Democratic Europe

17. 
    June 19, 2005. Deadlock! Disaster! A plague of boils! Actually it’s better than that’, John Rentoul.
    

18. 
    December 18, 2004. ‘From the independent archive: 26 March 1997 from a leading article on the 40^th anniversary of the European Union’.
    

The Guardian – Period 2
Keywords: Future of Europe

1. 
   September 5, 2005. ‘Comment & Analysis: Britain's claim to economic superiority is built on sand: Any 'Anglo-social' features to be admired are borrowed from Europe’, David Clark.
   

2. 
   June 27, 2005. ‘Interview: Practical European who will need a strong constitution: Jackie Ashley meets Douglas Alexander, Europe minister’, Jackie Ashley.
   

3. 
   June 18, 2005. ‘Interview: Big beast's battle: Gunter Verheugen, vice-president enterprise and industry, European commission’, David Gow.
   

4. 
   June 3, 2005. ‘Future of Europe: What do no votes mean for the union?: Voters have clearly rejected closer union and Europe will start to unravel, says Larry Elliot’, Larry Elliott.
   

5. 
   June 4, 2005 (originally: June, 3, 2005). ‘Future of Europe: Don't jump to conclusions - the French and Dutch voted no for lots of different reasons, says Martin Kettle’, Martin Kettle.
   

6. 
   May 31, 2005. ‘The future of Europe: Analysis: What next? Summit to decide treaty's fate’.
   

7. 
   October 23, 2004. ‘Comment & Analysis: Strength in numbers: Martin Jacques Despite globalisation, nation states show no sign of going into decline’, Martin Jacques.
   

8. 
   March 2, 2006. ‘Comment & Debate: Backwards not forwards: David Cameron is a Tory moderniser, but on Europe he's locked into a Battle of Britain mentality’, Caroline Jackson.
   

9. 
   February 18, 2006. ‘Saturday: Reply: Letters & Emails: Report does not affect Europe’s GM rules’, Peter Power.
   

10. 
    February 4, 2006 Saturday. ‘Saturday: LOOSE ENDS: Whatever happened to ... the EU constitution referendum?’.
    

Keywords: Future of the EU

11. 
    October 4, 2005. ‘Comment & Debate: Nationalism has now become the enemy of Europe's nations: If the EU were abolished, we would have less control over our affairs. There is no refuge in a cultural security blanket’, Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens.
    

12. 
    May 26, 2005. ‘Comment & Analysis: Votez oui, malgre tout: The French may vote no out of fear. They should vote yes, for their own sake and ours’, Timothy Garton Ash.
    

13. 
    February 22, 2005. ‘Comment & Analysis: A bitter harvest: Europe's bureaucrats have caved in to American pressure over GM, but the decision can be overturned’, Sue Mayer and Robin Grove-White.
    

Keywords: Democratic Deficit

14. 
    June 15, 2005. ‘Comment & Analysis: A new kind of Europe: The EU crisis gives it the chance to shape an identity and global role independent of the US’, Jonathan Steele.
    

15. 
    June 3, 2005. ‘Comment & Analysis: Europe's secure, well-paid leaders have caused the crisis: The public must be convinced that the EU is a safeguard against globalisation’, Robin Cook.
    

16. 
    June 1, 2005. ‘Comment & Analysis: Last man standing: According to the optimists, events in France have left a Blair-shaped hole right at the heart of Europe’, Jonathan Freedland.
    

17. 
    June 11, 2005 (originally: June, 1). ‘How crisis helps Blair - and Brown: Britain Rivals in accord over dealing with EU’, Michael White.
    

Keywords: Democratic Europe

18. 
    June 2, 2005. ‘Future of Europe: World briefing: A lesson from the voters that must be heeded’, Simon Tisdall.
    

Keywords: Sovereignty + EU

19. 
    April 14, 2005, ‘Comment & Analysis: For a Pax Europeana: Can we fold the remains of the Ottoman empire into a new European empire?’, Timothy Garton Ash.