LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Major vetoes appointment of new EC president

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Jun 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:47

Description

Chris Carnegy reports on UK Prime Minister John Major’s lone veto of Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgium’s Prime Minister from being appointed President of the EC at a summit in Corfu, his reasons for it and likely political impact. With reaction from leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown; Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd (in a BBC television interview); Labour MP and leadership candidate Tony Blair.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd; Paddy Ashdown; Tony Blair; BBC; Chris Carnegy

Keywords

Politics; Presidents; Europe; Summits (meetings); John Major; Political appointments; EC; Corfu; Jean Luc Dehaene; Jean-Luc Dehaene

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