Times on Line: There is nothing to fear from being positive about Europe- by Peter Riddell
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There is nothing to fear from being positive about Europe- by Peter Riddell
At present the sceptics are making the running. They have captured the propaganda high ground with their call for Gordon Brown to honour his predecessor’s promise of a referendum because the reform treaty is largely the same as the old constitution. The Government’s response that the two are conceptually different sounds pedantic and legalistic. A stronger point is that the Government’s red lines and opt outs, negotiated by Tony Blair in June, mean that the treaty applying to Britain is not the same as that affecting the rest of the EU.
