Labour Party says ‘no’ to the United States of Europe

Report of a speech by Labour Party shadow foreign minister, Douglas Alexander on the United Kingdom and the European Union given in London on the 17 January 2013 at Chatham House.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Miliband backs ‘hard-headed’ realism on EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/miliband-backs-hard-headed-realism-on-eu/

ESO: Background information: The European dividing line in party politics http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-dividing-line-in-party-politics/

New Statesman: Blog: The Staggers, 17.01.13: Douglas Alexander's speech on the EU: full text http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/douglas-alexanders-speech-eu-full-text

Labour List: Comment, 18.01.13: The case for a pro-EU Labour Party http://labourlist.org/2013/01/the-case-for-a-pro-eu-labour-party/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LabourListLatestPosts+%28LabourList%29

Chatham House: Event: Britain's Future in Europe, 17.01.13 http://www.chathamhouse.org/events/view/188423

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