Peter Mandelson
Peter Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson PCis a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. He served as Member of Parliamentfor Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, and held a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was also the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 October 1953
party dirty naughty
In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.
jobs home europe
What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.
fall chaos internals
Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.
skills campaigning
I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.
believe enemy china
I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.
space people world
Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.
europe mind identity
Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own which embraces France but is not controlled by France.
believe gains trade
I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.
climate-change carbon
There is no high-carbon future
lying people knows
I didn't mislead people. I know I didn't lie and I have got to establish that.
world growing facts
Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable.
politician throwing high-ground
Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.
europe ideas
What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.
moved-on politician blair
I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.