Europe must modernise and reform to win the respect of its people

Summary of a speech to give by Peter Hain, UK Minister of State for Europe, on 17 July 2001 in which he criticises the 'virtually unintelligible' language in the debate on the European Union. He says that in order to tackle the growing alienation of the citizens from Europe, 'plain language' has to be used on European affairs. To find full text of article use 'More search options' on homepage.

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