The Times has two letters in today about Europe Direct -
I hesitate to say who the second is from!
Patrick Overy
On Tue, 10 May 2005 09:17:09 +0100 Catherine Webb
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> Hello Patrick
>
> The EIA had a committee meeting yesterday and several members brought up the
> issue of the article in the Times about Europe Direct and the
> 'misinformation' about the UK situation. Jenny Lawson, Chair of the EIA, is
> going to write to Ian Barber, Head of the European Commission office in
> London, asking him to write a letter to the Times. I also understand that
> the UK EIC network is also writing to Ian requesting a similar thing.
>
> Best wishes
> Catherine
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Overy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:08 AM
> Subject: Europe Direct?
>
>
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > UK Eurotalk members may have noticed this item in
> > The Times on May 5th (News section, page 6):
> > "The Government has forced the European Commission to
> > abandon plans to open European information centres across
> > Britain because it believes that they could be construed as
> > propaganda in the run-up to the referendum on the European
> > constitution next year."
> > The article about the new Europe Direct network mentions
> > "five small-scale EU information points around Britain"
> > without any reference to the EDC, EIC and EPIC networks.
> > Perhaps a joint reply from the EIA would be in order. A
> > clarification from the UK Office would also be welcome.
> >
> > Best wishes and Happy Europe Day!
> > Patrick Overy
> >
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