Press Release - 16th October 2007

‘THIRD WAY’ URGENTLY NEEDED IN EU DEBATE, SAYS RUTH LEA

In today’s Daily Telegraph, Global Vision Director, Ruth Lea, launches a series of articles on how Britain can get the best out of Europe. 
 
Ruth’s article argues that a ‘third way’ – based on trade and mutually beneficial co-operation – is urgently needed in the debate over the UK’s relationship with Europe. As the world’s third biggest trading nation, Britain should be free to rise to the challenges of the globalised 21st Century.  Global Vision promotes a fundamental restructuring of the UK’s relationship with the European Union, loosely modelled on the type of relationship Switzerland enjoys with Brussels.    

Subsequent articles building upon Ruth’s global vision for Britain will be published on the Telegraph’s website, www.telegraph.co.uk, over the next four days.  Starting tomorrow, Norman Lamont looks at what a new relationship would mean for business and the economy. Sir Rocco Forte will consider whether we would have to eschew the benefits of the ‘borderless Europe’ lifestyle; Martin Howe QC will examine the legal and negotiating implications; and David Trimble will weigh up the political considerations.