Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley, OBEin Kidderminster, Worcestershire is a British journalist. He was European Political Editor at CNN International. Prior to CNN, he was Political Editor at the BBC...
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For him to lecture these applicant countries or these accepted members on their way in was really behavior like the worst of what the French complain about in the United States,
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But it comes at a time when the IRA is under intensive pressure. It has been put on the defensive over the arrests in Colombia of IRA members working with FARC rebels and there are allegations it was involved in a burglary of Special Branch offices in Belfast in March,
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The British and Irish remain hopeful all the same that some of the presidential stardust will rub off.
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The disagreements which undoubtedly exist... could not be eliminated today.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen was like a man who just had six birthdays in one day.
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Basically what it boils down to is whether Angela Merkel detaches the Greens from Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder into a coalition with her and the Free Democrats, or whether Chancellor Schroeder detaches the Free Democrats from Angela Merkel's side.
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Lawmakers say that if the Hutton inquiry finds the government guilty of sharp practice in helping the media identify Dr. Kelly, then the beleaguered Hoon may have to fall on his sword.
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Quite a lot of agreement exists on the general principle of avoiding the over-production of food.
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is going to cause controversy with the U.S.
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Bush isn't going to follow the detail to the same extent (as Clinton), but he is helping to put his imprimatur on that process in an important week, when Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern put forward their latest proposals to revive the peace process,
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Basically, he has to go back to the drawing board ... to have another go at it, ... It's not a crisis or a complete disaster. It's a mess and it's a humiliation.
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are not remotely on the same scale as the U.S..
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He did not say how people are going to change the technocrats who seem to be running French politics, who have alienated the people and who have gained Le Pen his temporary success.
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I don't think we'll see huge divisions here in Greece.