LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Nicholas Ridley’s comments on Europe cause outrage

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

12 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:40

Description

Jim Gibbons looks at the mayhem and outrage caused in Strasbourg by the comments by UK Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley on Germany and European economic and monetary union in the Spectator magazine. Reaction from Glyn Ford, Labour MEP; Sir Christopher Prout, Tory MEP; Bruce Millan, regional policy commissioner for EC.

Contributors

Bruce Millan; Glyn Ford; Jim Gibbons; Christopher Prout

Keywords

Politics; EEC; European union; Germany; Europe; Strasbourg; International monetary systems; Germany FR; Nicholas Ridley; Spectator

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