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Activities of the BMDF Summary of the activities of the BMDF from April 1998 to October 2003

Biography Biography of the Director of the BMDF

Contact Information Contact Information

The European Constitution, published by the BMDF

• Constitution [HTML file] - 'The European Constitution in Perspective'

• Reviews Reviews of 'The European Constitution in Perspective'

• Forward The forward to the BMDF book on the Constitution.

• Contents List The contents list of the BMDF book on the Constitution.

• Key Issues Notes on the key issues of the Constitution.

The Draft Constitution, published by the BMDF

• Reviews Reviews of 'An Analysis of the Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe'

The Treaty of Nice, published by the BMDF

• Treaty of Nice [HTML file] Treaty of Nice in Perspective

• Preface The preface to the BMDF book on the Treaty of Nice.

• Reviews Reviews of 'The Treaty of Nice in Perspective'

• Contents List The contents list of the BMDF book on the Treaty of Nice.

• Key Issues [HTML file] Notes on the key issues of the Treaty of Nice.

• The Development of Competences Sample pages from the analysis of the Development of Competences, showing the changes in the powers, or 'competences' of the EU institutions from the Treaty of Rome to the Treaty of Nice.

• Consolidated Treaty Four pages from the Consolidated Treaty establishing the European Community, showing the changes made by the Treaty of Nice in bold.

The Treaty of Amsterdam, published by the BMDF

• Treaty of Amsterdam Treaty of Amsterdam in Perspective

• Reviews Reviews of 'The Treaty of Amsterdam in Perspective'

• Preface Preface to the BMDF book

• Contents List Contents page of the BMDF book

• Key Issues Key Issues of the Treaty of Amsterdam

• The Development of Competences Extracts from the 'Development of Competences'

• Consolidated Treaty Extracts from the Treaty

The Maastricht Treaty, published by the BMDF

• Maastricht Maastricht Treaty in Perspective

Economic and Monetary Union

• BMDF Summary on the Euro The Euro

• BMDF Summary on Sterling BMDF Paper: Sterling and the Euro

• BMDF Summary on EMU BMDF Summary on EMU

• BMDF Graphs BMDF graphs on the movement of Sterling, yen, Euro and Swiss Franc against US Dollar since 1992

Extracts from the Treaty establishing the European Community

• EMU; Title VII, Chapter 1 from the Treaty establishing the European Community
  Economic Policy

• EMU; Title VII, Chapter 2 from the Treaty establishing the European Community
  Monetary Policy

• EMU; Title VII, Chapter 3 from the Treaty establishing the European Community
  Institutional Provisions

• EMU; Title VII, Chapter 4 from the Treaty establishing the European Community
  Transitional Provisions

Papers on the Euro and the Stability Pact

• Report of the Council on French and German conduct Summary of the Ecofin Council on the conduct of France and Germany over the Stability and Growth Pact, 25 November 2003.

• Report of the Council Council Report on Co-ordination

• Opinion of the Monetary Committee Monetary Committee's Opinion on Stability and Growth Programs

• Explanatory Memo Commission Memorandum on Stability Pact

Papers issued by the BMDF

• Tony Blair ‘The Union Institutions’, joint statement by the Prime Minister Tony Blair MP and Jose Maria Aznar, President of the Government of Spain, Madrid, 28 February 2003

• Tony Blair ‘A Renewed Impetus for Economic Reform in Europe’, joint statement by the Prime Minister Tony Blair MP and Jose Maria Aznar, President of the Government of Spain, Madrid, 28 February 2003

• Tony Blair ‘A Clear Course for Europe’, speech by the Prime Minister Tony Blair MP, Cardiff, 28 November 2002

  Tony Blair ‘Reform of the European Council’, joint statement by the Prime Minister Tony Blair MP and Gerhard Shroder to Jose Maria Aznar, President of the Government of Spain, London and Berlin, 25 February 2002

• Tony Blair ‘Making the case for Britian in Europe’, speech by the Prime Minister Tony Blair MP, London Business School, 27 July 1999

• Tony Blair ‘Britain and the Euro’, statement by the Prime Minister Tony Blair MP, House of Commons, 23 February 1999

• Gordon Brown ‘The five tests for joining the Euro’, statement by Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, House of Commons, 27 October 1997

• Gordon Brown ‘Britain and Europe’, speech by Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer at the CBI Conference, 1 November 1999

• Gordon Brown ‘Britain and the Euro’, speech by Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mansion House 10 June 1999

• Churchill Sir Winston Churchill's speech at Zurich on 19 September 1946

• Issing 'The Euro - four weeks after the start', speech by Professor Otmar Issing, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, to the European-Atlantic Group at the House of Commons on 28 January 1999

• Lafontaine 'Getting the most out of the Euro', article in Le Monde by Oskar Lafontaine, the German Minister for Finance, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the French Minister for Finance, Economy and Industry, Wednesday, 15 January 1999

• Levene 'The City and the Euro', speeches by Rt Hon The Lord Levene of Portsoken KBE, the Lord Mayor of London and David Clementi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, February 1999

• Portillo 'Democratic values and the Single Currency', speech by Rt Hon Michael Portillo, London, 14 January 1999

• Schieber 'The international role of the Euro', speech by Helmut Schieber, Directorate of the Deutche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, 21 September 1998

• Schröder 'New foundations for European integration', speech by Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, The Hague, 19 January 1999

• Smith 'The nation and the nation state', speech by Senator Gordon Smith, Chairman of the US Senate’s European Affairs Committee, London 10 December 1999

• Stark 'The effects of the Euro on economic development', speech by Dr Jürgen Stark, Vice President German Bundesbank, Stuttgart 9 October 1998

• Tietmeyer 'The Euro: an ongoing challenge and task', speech by Prof Dr Hans Tietmeyer, President of the German Bundesbank, Frankfurt 20 May 1999

• von Stahl 'The nation and the nation state', speech by Alexander von Stahl, former Advocate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin 3 October 1996

• Stark ‘The ECB and the Future of the Euro’, speech by Dr Jürgen Stark, Deputy Governor of the Deutsche Bundesbank, 3rd Euro Capital Markets Forum, Amsterdam 2 April 2001.