| Series Title | European Voice |
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| Series Details | 26/06/97, Volume 3, Number 25 |
| Publication Date | 26/06/1997 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 26/06/1997 Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi got his own back at the summit over the new British administration's announcement that it intended to be one of the EU's three leading players along with France and Germany. Prodi pointed out that Prime Minister Tony Blair was just like his predecessor. He reminded everyone that at Maastricht, John Major watered down the social chapter, to everyone's disgust, and then won himself an opt-out. Amsterdam would be remembered, he said, as a repeat performance when Blair diluted the justice and home affairs aspirations of the others and then won a UK exclusion from its terms... |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
