Blair hits back on need for reform with debating tour de force

Analysis and reaction to the speech by UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to the European Parliament, Brussels, 23 June 2005 at the beginning of the United Kingdom Presidency of the European Union, July 2005.

European Parliament: Daily Notebook, 23.6.05: Tony Blair: 'a moment of decision for Europe' http://europarl.europa.eu/omk/sipade2?PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS+DN-20050623-1+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=S

BBC News, 23.6.05: Blair tells EU to change or fail http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4119472.stm

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