PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE
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This publication – by Martin Howe QC, the distinguished barrister specialising in European law - examines the Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe in detail and assesses its constitutional significance. It refutes the claim that the Treaty’s provisions constitute a mere tidying-up of existing legislation.

It was published on 7 November 2003 at the Rally for a Referendum. It is available by post, price £5 (UK post free).  To order, please print and complete this form and send with your cheque (payable to Congress for Democracy) to:

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Andy Mullen is a PhD student working with Dr Brian Burkitt in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Bradford. He is researching the response of the British Left to European integration since the Second World War.

Dr Brian Burkitt is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, the University of Bradford. He is also the director of the European Economies Research Unit. He is author of Trade Unions and Wages (1975 and 1980), Trade Unions and the Economy (1979), Radical Political Economy (1984), The Political Economy of Social Credit and Guild Socialism (1997), The Impact of the Euro: Debating Britain’s Future (2001), and of more than 175 articles in refereed academic journals. He is a frequent contributor and commentator on economic issues, to newspapers and on television and radio.

The Euro: The Battle for British Hearts and Minds examines the government’s euro strategy and its institutional and legislative preparations for entry. The first part of the study outlines the government’s policy on euro membership. The second considers the argument that public opinion on euro membership is currently an obstacle to government policy by looking at the state of public opinion polls on the issue. The third presents evidence to support the contention that New Labour’s actual policy is one of ‘prepare and persuade’ by revealing the institutional and legislative preparations for entry that have been made, the two ‘low intensity’ pro-euro propaganda campaigns that have occurred, and the interventions by external actors to augment those campaigns. The fourth looks at the emerging components of the government’s euro strategy and the possible problems it faces in attempting to win a referendum. The fifth discusses the likely role of the media in a euro referendum propaganda campaign. The sixth looks at the present balance of forces on euro membership, whilst the seventh part concludes.

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The Case for an Independent Pound
Major speeches to the
Congress for Democracy
1999-2001

Available from Congress for Democracy price £5, post free

The Case for an Independent Pound is the latest publication from the Congress for Democracy.  It brings together the major speeches made by contributors to the Congress for Democracy over the past two years. The economic and political case for an independent pound is made by senior speakers from the Conservative, Green, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, by business and trade union leaders and by politicians from overseas. These comprise:

Conservative: 
The Rt Hon William Hague MP - Leader, Conservative Party
Lord Bell of Belgravia - Chairman, Keep the Pound Campaign
Daniel Hannan MEP – Conservative

Green: 
Mike Woodin - Principal Speaker, Green Party

Labour and the Left: 
The Rt Hon Lord Shore of Stepney, Chairman, Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign
Austin Mitchell MP, Co-Chairman, Congress for Democracy
Larry Elliott - Economics Editor, The Guardian

Liberal Democrat: 
Roger Pincham, CBE - Liberal Democrat Party and former Liberal Party Chairman

Business: Ruth Lea - Head of Policy, Institute of Directors
Simon Wolfson - Managing Director, Next plc

Trade Unions: 
Doug Nicholls - General Secretary, Community & Youth Workers’ Union

The View from Overseas: 
Sir Oliver Wright - former British Ambassador to the US and Germany
Senator Gordon Smith - Chairman, US Senate European Affairs Committee
Jens-Peter Bonde MEP - Leader, Danish "No" Campaign
Pia Kjaersgaard MP- Member of Danish Parliament
Anthony Coughlan - Trinity College, Dublin
Dr Mifsud Bonnici - former Prime Minister of Malta
Charles Pasqua - former French Interior Minister

Co-Chairmen of the Congress for Democracy, Sir Michael Spicer MP (Conservative) and Austin Mitchell MP (Labour) say in their introduction to this book:

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The Euro: Bad for Britain - £5
Published for the First Congress for Democracy in December 1999, this pamphlet sets out the political case against British entry into the single currency.


The Euro: Bad for Business - £5
This publication - which bears the endorsement of 100 British business leaders - describes the adverse effects for business of British entry into the Single Currency.


The Euro: Bad for Trade Unions - £5 - Published at the
Third Congress for Democracy on 10 December 1999
Doug Nicholls, General Secretary of the Community & Youth Workers' Union, looks at the implications for trade union members if Britain were to join the single currency.

The Legal Agenda for a Free Europe - £5
Twelve lawyers from across the EU discuss the threat posed by the politicisation of the European Court. The paper suggests ways in which the supremacy of national legal systems could be safeguarded, and the activism of the Court restrained.