LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Euro summit success

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

19 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

John Major reports to the Commons on the European Summit in Rome (his first as Prime Minister) outlining hopes for greater European co-operation without surrendering British sovereignty. Speeches in response from Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown; Chairman of the Bruges Group Bill Cash; Labour left-winger Dennis Skinner. Paul Rowley reports from Westminster for LBC Newstalk Breakfast.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; Dennis Skinner; John Major; Paddy Ashdown; Bill Cash

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; EEC; UK; Prime ministers; Europe; Sovereignty; European cooperation; Summits (meetings); Single currency (Europe); International monetary systems; International economic relations; Rome

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