Minister indicates significant shift in Treasury’s tone towards EU

Report of a speech delivered on 14 June 2006 by Ed Balls, (UK) Economic Secretary to the Treasury, in which he insisted the UK must be 'fully engaged' and 'pragmatic' in its approach to the European Union.

United Kingdom: Treasury: Speech, No.42, 2006: The City as the global finance centre: risks & opportunities, 14 June 2006 http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/press/2006/press_42_06.cfm

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