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   XPost: uk.politics.misc, talk.politics.mideast, soc.culture.german   
   From: j.murphy@libertysurf.fr   
      
   Whileyouslept wrote:   
   > EU Should Take New Route, Says Miliband   
   >   
   > · Foreign secretary rejects two-speed Europe   
   > · Leaders urged to put aside institutional reform   
   >   
   > by Andrew Sparrow,   
   > The Guardian, UK,   
   > Monday, June 16, 2008.   
   >   
   > The foreign secretary, David Miliband, came close to eclaring the EU   
   > Lisbon treaty dead yesterday as he urged European leaders to turn   
   > their back on "institutional reform" and instead address issues of   
   > concern to ordinary citizens.   
   >   
   > He ruled out the idea, being floated in France and Germany, of   
   > allowing the treaty to be implemented in 26 EU member states, with   
   > Ireland - whose referendum rejected the treaty - somehow opting out.   
   > "I don't think a two-speed Europe is on.   
      
   That's pretty rich coming form a member of a governmùent that has, in   
   effect, created a two-speed Europe via its many opt-outs which have   
   deprived the British people of many of the advantanges and protections   
   enjoyed by the other EU members.   
      
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