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    Mandelson calls for new EU leadership to give Europe key role in world
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    But Edward McMillan-Scott, a former leader of Tory MEPs, called for the two to be expelled from the Conservative party. "David Cameron is right to stand firm against those in the Conservative party who want Britain to withdraw from the European Union. He must act swiftly to restore order and ensure that he remains in control of his new European agenda" he said. McMillan-Scott had the Tory whip removed earlier this year after he objected to Cameron's leaving the mainstream centre-right European People's party in the European parliament to form a new group with eastern European allies who have proved controversial for the Tories. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
    David Cameron is right to stand firm against those in the Conservative party who want Britain to withdraw from the European Union. He must act swiftly to restore order and ensure that he remains in control of his new European agenda
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
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Mandelson calls for new EU leadership to give Europe key role in world
  1. I believe that David Miliband will be playing a very meaningful and effective role in Europe as Britain's foreign secretary ... I can see absolutely no sign in anything that he has said or done to indicate that he wants another job. Indeed, I detect quite the opposite.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
  2. It is personalities and policies that will make the difference. We have a problem of leadership in Europe and [a problem of] political willingness to drive change. This does not boil down to a single individual and his ideas, however relevant. It is about an entire attitude of mind.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
  3. He reformed the Labour party and built up the case for New Labour. I saw him do the same in Northern Ireland. That is not an advertisement for his candidacy; he can and will argue for himself if he wants this role
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
  4. We will either step into a meaningful economic and political role in a multipolar world, or we will have merely a walk-on role, forced to follow others' lead. In other words, will we drive the agenda, or become a subsidiary of a process driven and shaped elsewhere, but above all by the G2, meaning the U...
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
  5. The MEPs should be expelled for their serial disloyalty and provocative behaviour. If they are not expelled – as I was for no stated reason – Cameron may be accused of double-standards.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
  6. If you accept that we are at that fork in the road, most people would accept that we need the personalities and policies to take the high road.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
  7. what kind of Europe do we want?
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
  8. The EU is a tapdancer with 27 feet. Our challenge is getting that strange animal to dance.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago
  9. Europe can either take the high road and grow, or take the low road and follow others
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago

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