Janus: The Papers of Neil Kinnock

Churchill/KNNK contains:
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3	Elections
4	Policy: Arts and sport
5	Policy: Defence
6	Policy: Economic
7	Policy: Education and science
8	Policy: European Union
9	Policy: Food and agriculture
10	Policy: Foreign affairs
11	Policy: Health and social security
12	Policy: Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
13	Policy: Legal reform
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The Papers of Neil Kinnock

Title	Policy: European Union
Reference	KNNK 8
Covering Dates	1981–1993
Extent and Medium	20.5 archive boxes

Content and context

Papers and correspondence, on subjects including: the Confederation of European Socialist Parties (and NK's candidacy for its Presidency, 1992); Socialist International; European monetary and political union, particularly relating to the Political and Economic and the Monetary Intergovernmental Conferences and the Maastricht Treaty; the British Labour Group in the European Parliament (from June 1990 known as the European Parliamentary Labour Party, EPLP); Eastern Europe.

Index Terms

European Cooperation

European Economic Cooperation

Churchill/KNNK 8 contains:

British withdrawal from the European Community. British Labour Group pamphlet commenting on the National Executive Committee's statement on the Labour Party's policy of British withdrawal from the EC.
1 file.

May 1982

Papers and correspondence on Europe. Includes: paper by Bryan Gould [trade spokesman] on Labour's policy towards the European Economic Community; speech notes [? to a Socialist International meeting] on Britain's presidency of the EEC, attitudes to nuclear energy and on apartheid in South Africa; briefing for a meeting between the British Labour Group and National Executive Committee, with a note from NK to Barbara Castle, leader of the group, on his approach to the relationship between the group and the Socialist Group of the European Parliament; draft text on the Left and Europe; copy of a letter from NK to Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, suggesting Stanley Clinton Davis's name be put forward for the European Commission's Development portfolio; note on building better links between the British Labour Group and the parliamentary party.
1 file.

Sep 1983-Dec 1985

European Council. Includes: briefing for a meeting with David Martin, leader of the British Labour Group; conclusions of a European Council meeting, the Hague [Netherlands], June 1986, with statement by Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; note on objectives for Britain's presidency of the European Community; British proposals for a European Council meeting, Milan [Italy] June 1985; conclusions of a European Council meeting, Dublin [Ireland], December 1984, with statements on political cooperation; paper on the future of Europe and press conference held by Thatcher at a European Council meeting, Fontainebleau [France], June 1984; extracts from Hansard on European Council meetings.
1 file.

Jun 1983-Dec 1987

Papers and correspondence on Europe. Correspondence and papers on the European election campaign and the organisation of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, particularly relating to a proposal by the MEP Richard Caborn.
1 file.

Oct 1983-Feb 1984

Socialist International. Includes general correspondence, cuttings and issue of Socialist Affairs with an article by NK on a new deal for Europe.
1 file.

Jun 1984-Sep 1985

Socialist International. Includes: notes of a meeting between NK and Raul Alfonsin, President of Argentina, Sept 1985; papers on a Socialist International congress in Peru, 1986; papers on a Socialist International meeting in New York, United States, 1990; text of a speech by George Robertson, principal spokesman on European affairs, on Eastern Europe, Sept 1990; papers on the change of name for the Italian Communist Party to Democratic Party instead; conference report on a Marshall Plan for Eastern Europe, Nov 1990. Also includes some correspondence on NK's visit to Washington, July 1990.
1 file.

Jun 1984-Nov 1990

Regional Impact of Policies, 1992. Paper by Iain Begg, Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge, on the completion of the European internal market.
1 file.

c 1986

Papers on Europe. Includes: report of a meeting of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Paris [France], 1987; correspondence with European Socialist leaders, particularly on NK's 1987 election campaign, including Felipe Gonzalez Marquez, Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Party, Walter Momper [Chairman of the Berlin Social Democratic Party], Lionel Jospin, First Secretary of the French Socialist Party, and also Stanley Clinton Davis; papers including letters from Karel van Miert [Vice-Chairman of Socialist International], Alfred Lomas [Leader of the British Labour Group, European Parliament] and Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications on funds for European election campaigns; Labour's manifesto for the 1984 European Elections; House of Commons reference sheet on the European Communities (Amendment) Bill; Trades Union Congress paper on TUC industry policies and the EEC; research department paper on withdrawal from the EEC.
1 file.

Sep 1981-Oct 1987

Summit of Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Brussels [Belgium], Sept 1987. Includes: summaries of the meeting, by Gwyneth Dunwoody and George Foulkes; resolutions from the Confederation congress, May 1987; Socialist initiatives, Apr 1987; note on the financing of the Confederation and Socialist International; briefings on the Confederation's summit in Paris [France], Oct 1987, with later summary of the meeting by Gwyneth Dunwoody; Labour Common Market Safeguards Committee pamphlet on Labour's policy on Europe.
1 file.

Jan 1987-Nov 1987

Summit of Confederation of European Socialist and Social Democratic party leaders, Paris [France], Oct 1987. Includes briefs and statement adopted by the party leaders, with notes by NK.
1 file.

May 1987-Oct 1987

Confederation of European Socialist Parties. Correspondence with individuals including the MEP Alex Falconer and Enrique Baron, chairman of the Confederation's manifesto committee, on subjects including the Confederation statement in Paris, Oct 1987, and the manifesto for the 1989 European elections.
1 file.

Dec 1987

Meetings: France and Europe. Includes: statements and notebook of meetings from the Summit of Confederation of Socialist and Social Democratic party leaders, Paris, Oct 1987; brief for meeting with Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France, Oct 1987; brief for meeting with the Socialist politician Didier Motchane, Nov 1987; brief for and notes on a meeting with the proposed Socialist presidential candidate Michel Rocard, Jan 1988; congratulations on NK's re-election of Labour Party leader; brief for and notes on meeting with the French Ambassador, Luc de la Barre de Nanteuil, Nov 1988; papers on the joint German Social Democratic Party and Labour Party conference, London, Sept 1989.
2 files.

Oct 1987-Sep 1989

Meetings: Spain and Europe. Includes: brief on Spain and NATO for NK's visit to Spain, Jan 1986; report on the Spanish internal political situation, Jan 1988; note on Labour's policy on Gibraltar; papers on the visit to London by Enrique Baron Crespo, President of the European Movement, Nov 1988.
1 file.

Dec 1985-Apr 1990

Visits and meetings: Europe. Briefs, notes and correspondence on various meetings with European politicians, including: Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece; King Olav V of Norway; Svend Auken, Chairman of Denmark's Social Democratic Party; Oskar Lafontaine, Minister-President of the Saarland, Germany, Feb 1988; Willy Brandt, President of Socialist International, Mar 1988; Ingvar Carlsson, Prime Minister of Sweden, May 1988; Meeting with Franz Vranitsky, Chancellor of Austria, July 1988; visit to the Netherlands, Sept 1989; meeting with Achille Ochetto, leader of the Italian Communist Party, Nov 1989; Giorgio Napolitano, head of the Foreign Policy and International Relations Committee, Italian Communist Party; Hans Dietrich Genscher, German Foreign Minister. Also includes papers on the Summit of Confederation of Socialist and Social Democratic party leaders, Berlin, Nov 1988.
2 files.

Sep 1983-Mar 1991

Meeting with Walter Momper. Briefing for meeting with Momper, Chairman of the Berlin Social Democratic Party, including briefs on the future of Germany, reforms to the German health service and German views on the European internal market, with arrangements for the visit.
1 file.

Jan 1988

Meeting with Joe Bossano. Briefing for meeting with Bossano, leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party, including Labour policy documents on Gibraltar.
1 file.

Jan 1988

Visit to Brussels [Belgium]. Includes: notebook of meetings; programme; briefings on the European Commission's proposals for the future of the European Community, the internal market, budget problems, agricultural policy and policy on South Africa; briefing for a meeting with the British Labour Group.
2 files.

Feb 1988

Speeches and interviews on Europe. Includes: draft text of NK's speech to the European Parliament Socialist Group, Sept 1988; transcript of an interview between Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, and Jimmy Young, for BBC Radio 2, July 1988; paper by Iain Begg, Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge, on the creation of a single European market; briefing for and rough notes of a meeting with Peter Shore, Labour Common Market Safeguards Committee.
1 file.

Feb 1988-Sep 1988

Ratification of Israel-EEC Protocols. Papers on the European Parliament's ratification of three Protocols to the 1975 Agreement between Israel and the European Community, including: draft message from NK to the British Labour Group on supporting the ratification; National Executive Committee statement on the Middle East; background papers on the history of economic relations with Israel; memoranda on the export of agricultural products from the Occupied Territories; European Parliament session documents.
1 file.

Feb 1988-Oct 1988

"Bringing Common Sense to the Common Market". Papers on the launch of a campaign by Labour MEPs, including text of a statement by NK.
1 file.

Apr 1988

British Labour Group. Mainly correspondence with and briefings for meetings with Barry Seal, leader of the group, David Martin, former leader and Richard Balfe, secretary. Also correspondence with others, including: Luc de la Barre de Nanteuil, the French Ambassador; Roland Dumas, French Foreign Minister; Lionel Jospin, French Minister of State, National Education and Sports.
1 file.

Dec 1987-Nov 1988

British Labour Group. Includes: correspondence with and briefings for meetings with Barry Seal, leader of the group and David Martin, former leader; note by David Clark [food, agriculture and rural affairs spokesman] on the "extensification" of European food production; note on West Germany's presidency of the European Council; briefings on the European Council summit in Brussels [Belgium], Feb 1988 and NK's visit (the previous week, see KNNK 8/17); report of a meeting of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Brussels; note by Michael Gapes, Senior International Officer, on the Labour movement in Sweden; note on Labour Party relations with the British Labour Group.
1 file.

Aug 1987-Aug 1988

Socialist International Council meeting, Madrid. Briefing for NK's visit to Spain, on subjects including internal Spanish politics.
1 file.

May 1988

Meeting with Swedish newspaper editors. Briefings for the meeting on subjects including health, housing and Poll Tax.
1 file.

May 1988

Meeting with the East German Ambassador, Gerhard Lindner. Briefing for and notes of the meeting, including: the report of the Labour delegation to Bonn, West Berlin and East Berlin, Apr 1988; a paper from the Socialist International Council meeting, Madrid [Spain] on East-West relations; correspondence with Anthony Clarke, Deputy General Secretary of the Union of Communication Workers (UCW) and George Robertson [principal spokesman on European Affairs].
1 file.

Sep 1987-May 1988

Confederation of European Socialist Parties meeting, Rome. Includes: briefings on the political situation in Italy; papers on the case of Brian Butcher and Clifford Chadwick, extradited from Italy for selling technological information to the Soviet Union (see also KNNK 10/1/42); briefing for meeting with the British Labour Group; briefing for a meeting with Hans Jochen Vogel [Chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group]; note of NK's meeting with the Italian Ambassador, Boris Biancheri-Chiappori, May 1988; copy of NK's interview with the newspaper Avanti, June 1986.
2 files.

Jun 1988

Meeting with Svend Auken. Briefing for and notes of a meeting with Auken, Chairman of Denmark's Social Democratic Party, mainly on the forthcoming Confederation of European Socialist Parties meeting in Berlin [Germany], Nov 1988.
1 file.

Oct 1988

Nigel Spearing. Reports by Spearing [chairman of the EEC legislation select committee] on subjects including European VAT proposals, and Labour's approach to Europe in general, with related correspondence, including copies of letters between Spearing and Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, on the constitutional effects of the Single European Act.
1 file.

Oct 1988-Dec 1988

European Union. Includes: Policy Review paper on European institutions; papers on the EFTA Party Leaders Meeting, Nov 1988 [European free trade area]; notes on the draft Confederation of European Socialist Parties' manifesto.
1 file.

Oct 1988-Jan 1989

Confederation of European Socialist Parties' manifesto. Text of NK's speech in support of the manifesto, with rough notes and draft text of the manifesto.
1 file.

Dec 1988-Feb 1989

Confederation of European Socialist Parties' manifesto. Text of a speech by NK on facing the future of the European Community, with unofficial translations of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties' manifesto.
1 file.

Jan 1989-Feb 1989

Europe and the single market. Includes: suggested answers to questions on the European Monetary System (EMS); text of a speech on the failings in the Single Market Act; notes on the draft of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties' manifesto; copies of letters from Nigel Spearing [chairman of the EEC legislation select committee] on Labour's draft policy for the Common Market and the European Election manifesto; letter from NK to Enrique Baron Crespo, chairman of the Confederation's manifesto committee, on ideas for the manifesto; report by Henry Neuberger for the British Labour Group, on the economics of 1992; Trades Union Congress report on the completion of the single market in 1992; press cuttings.
1 file.

Dec 1987-Feb 1989

Meeting with Walter Momper. Briefing for and notes on NK's meeting with Momper, Mayor of Berlin [Germany]. Includes text of a speech by Momper at Chatham House, London, on Berlin as the hinge for an enlarged Europe and background papers on Berlin.
1 file.

May 1989

XVIII Congress of the Socialist International, Sweden, 19-21 June. Briefings, programme, correspondence etc, also including details for a visit to Sweden by Gerald Kaufman [Shadow Foreign Secretary], April 1989.
1 file.

Mar 1989-Jun 1989

Summit of Confederation of Socialist and Social Democratic party leaders, Paris [France], 28-29 June. Correspondence on arrangements for the summit.
1 file.

Apr 1989-Jun 1989

European meetings. Includes: briefing for a European Council Summit in Strasbourg [France], Nov 1989, including a meeting with Jacques Delors [President, Commission of the European Economic Community] on subjects including economic policy and the Social Charter; briefing for and notes of a meeting between the National Executive Committee and British Labour Group, particularly on greater liaison; papers on a Socialist International meeting in Paris, Oct; briefing for a dinner for the European Commissioner Vassiliki (Vasso) Papandreou, Oct, mainly on the Social Charter; papers on a meeting of the Socialist Group Bureau and Confederation of European Socialist Parties, London, Oct; visit to the European Parliament, Strasbourg, July; correspondence with MEPs including Henry McCubbin and Joe Wilson; notes of a meeting with Antonio La Pergola [Italian Minister for EEC affairs]; press statements and other papers from the GCHQ trade unions and Council of Civil Service unions on their petition to the European Parliament against sacking of their members by GCHQ; arrangements for NK's visits to a Euro Festival in Oldenburg [Germany], and to the Walibi amusement park and University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, June; briefing for a meeting in Paris, June; text of a lecture by NK in Birmingham on education and training, May.
1 file.

Jan 1989-Nov 1989

European meetings. Briefings and arrangements for meetings with Pasqual Maragall, Mayor of Barcelona [Spain] and Antonio La Pergola, Italian Minister for EEC affairs.
1 file.

Jul 1989-Aug 1989

Visit to Amsterdam. Programme and briefing for NK's visit to the Netherlands, including a note on the Working Party of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, chaired by Wim Kok.
1 file.

Sep 1989

Meeting with Swedish Cabinet and Swedish Social Democrat Party. Papers on NK's visit to Sweden, including: programme and briefing; draft new party programme for the Swedish Social Democrats; booklet on the Swedish Labour Movement; notes of NK's meeting with the Cabinet.
1 file.

Sep 1989

Confederation of European Socialist Parties and Socialist Group. Briefing and arrangements for a reception hosted by NK and dinner for the Bureau of the Socialist Group and the Confederation Bureau, Oct 1989. Also includes: extracts from a joint press conference held by NK and Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of the West German Social Democratic Party; Labour Party paper for a Confederation working party on improving cooperation between members; correspondence with individuals including Guy Spitaels, President of the Belgian Socialist Party.
1 file.

Sep 1989-Oct 1989

Confederation of European Socialist Parties Leaders' conference, Lisbon [Portugal], Nov 1989. Briefing for meeting, including report of the meeting of European Socialist International leaders in Milan [Italy] and an agenda for a Socialist International meeting in Geneva [Switzerland].
1 file.

Jan 1989-Dec 1989

Eastern Europe and East-West relations. Includes: Socialist International position papers on Eastern Europe; rough notes from a meeting of European Leaders of Socialist International, Milan [Italy] and report on action to be taken on Eastern Europe; briefing for NK's visit to Paris [France] on recent developments in East-West relations; declaration from the Confederation of European Socialist Parties on Eastern Europe; statements from NK on East-West relations.
1 file.

Jan 1989-Nov 1989

Eastern Europe. Briefings for meetings with Eastern European leaders, including: Lothar de Maizière, Prime Minister of East Germany; Tadeusz Mazowiecki [Prime Minister of Poland] and Lech Walesa [? President of Poland]; Jiri Dienstbier, Czech Foreign Minister; Imre Pozsgay, leader of the Hungarian Socialist Party; Vaclav Havel, President of Czechoslovakia; Miklos Nemeth, Prime Minister of Hungary; Karoly Grosz, Prime Minister of Hungary. Also includes: message from NK to the Bulgarian Communist Party; notes of a meeting between NK and Gregor Gysi [? Chairman of the German Party of Democratic Socialism]; notes of a meeting between NK and Karoly Grosz; programme for NK's visit to Hungary, 1985, with notes of a meeting with Matyas Szuros, Secretary for International Affairs, on Hungary's relations with the European Economic Community; correspondence with Polish Solidarity.
1 file.

Jul 1985–1990

Eastern Europe. Includes: position paper from Socialist International on developments in Eastern Europe [duplicate in 8/42]; declaration from the European Parliament Socialist Group on the fall of the Berlin Wall; correspondence between NK and Franz Vranitzky, chairman of the Austrian Socialist Party, on a conference on events in Central and Eastern Europe, to be held in Vienna; text of a lecture at Chatham House by George Walden, on Britain's representation abroad; report by Robert Wareing on the Romanian elections.
1 file.

Oct 1989-Jun 1990

Visit to Paris [France]. Includes: briefings on France and French ministers; notes of a meeting with Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission; briefing for a meeting with Jack Lang [French Minister of Culture and Communication]; copies of Hansard covering the Queen's Speech and a debate on Europe.
1 file.

Nov 1989

Visit to Paris [France]. Includes: programme; briefings on France and French ministers; briefing on arms control; letter from NK to Margaret Thatcher on Labour's support for democratic change in Eastern Europe; note of issues to be discussed at the Strasbourg European summit, Dec 1989; report on Socialist International meeting in Milan on Eastern Europe; note on European Community sanctions against South Africa [possibly relating to a resolution on South Africa passed at Socialist International Council Meeting, Madrid (Spain), May 1988].
1 file.

Nov 1989

British Labour Group. Includes: briefs and papers from group meetings; draft report of Britain in the World Policy Review Group; the group's planning document for 1990-91, comments on the Social Charter; memorandum on liaison between the group and Shadow Cabinet; a notebook of NK's meetings, one with the group, Sept 1989, and also other meetings, mainly on Europe.
2 files.

Feb 1988-Mar 1991

British Labour Group. Papers of February 1990 group meeting, including: programme of work, 1989-92; front bench European affairs co-ordinating committee draft aims and objectives; list of visits by Shadow Cabinet members to European institutions; forthcoming activities of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties.
1 file.

Oct 1989-Jan 1990

Congress of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Berlin [Germany], 8-9 Feb 1990. Briefings, programme, congress pack and other papers.
1 file.

Jan 1990-Feb 1990

Europe. Correspondence, briefings and notes of meetings with Nigel Spearing [chairman of the EEC legislation select committee] and others including Humphry Berkeley on Economic Monetary Union and majority voting in the European Council.
1 file.

Jan 1990-Jun 1990

Meeting of Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Dublin [Ireland]. Briefing and arrangements for meeting (which NK was unable to attend).
1 file.

Jun 1990

Europe. Papers and correspondence, including: notes from a Confederation of European Socialist Parties meeting, June 1991; briefing for and notes of a meeting with Victor Valle on El Salvador; notes of a meeting with Enrique Baron Crespo, June 1991; notes for a post-Maastricht treaty statement; briefings on the Political and Economic and Monetary Intergovernmental Conferences; draft treaty on Economic and Monetary union, with related papers; Socialist party leaders' declaration on the Intergovernmental Conferences; correspondence and briefings for meetings with the British Labour Group; notes of meetings with Carlo Ripa di Meana [European Commissioner for Culture and the Environment], David Williamson [Secretary General, European Commission] and Vasiliki (Vasso) Papandreou, [1987]; briefing for a meeting with Barbara Castle, Jan 1987; briefing for a meeting with David Martin, leader of the British Labour Group; report on a meeting of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties economic committee, on the European Monetary System (EMS) and the internal market, Nov 1986. Also includes letters of thanks for a paper on Labour's approach to the Intergovernmental Conferences, from correspondents including: Gianni De Michelis, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Bernard Dorin, French Ambassador to Britain; Pierre Beregovoy, French Finance Minister; Jean-Pierre Cot [chairman of the European Parliament Socialist Group]; Baron Hermann von Richthofen, German Ambassador to Britain; Felipe de la Morena, Spanish Ambassador to Britain; Laurent Fabius, president of the French National Assembly; Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission.
1 file.

Nov 1985-Jun 1991

Economic Monetary Union (EMU). Briefs, papers and cuttings on economic and monetary union, the exchange rate mechanism, the Delors Report and linking sterling to the Deutschmark, including: papers by John Eatwell [Economic Adviser to NK], Peter Shore and Austin Mitchell; a European Trade Union Confederation pack on economic and monetary union; notes on Labour's position on the European Monetary System; text of speech for the launch of the European election campaign, 1989; notes on the Madrid [Spain] meeting of the European Council, 1989; transcript of NK's press conference at the Socialist International meeting, Stockholm [Sweden], 1989; Economic sub-committee papers; papers from the European Council meeting in Hanover [Germany], 1988; texts of speeches by Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Governor of the Bank of England [later Lord Kingsdown].
4 files.

Nov 1986-Oct 1990

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Briefings and research papers on EMU and the ERM (Exchange Rate Mechanism), including drafts of the Shadow Cabinet position paper on the Intergovernmental Conference on economic and monetary union and Economic Secretariat papers.
3 files.

May 1990-Jan 1991

Press cuttings on the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
1 file.

Oct 1990

Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) debate. Briefing for the debate on Britain's entry into the ERM, including: Treasury forecasts on inflation; favourite Conservative attacks on Labour economic policies; extract from Hansard and cuttings on the Madrid [Spain] meeting of the European Council (June 1989); statistics on the lack of investment in industry; Trades Union Congress memorandum on challenges for Britain; a paper on credit controls; quotes from Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; press-cuttings. Also includes the first draft of NK's speech for the debate and voting figures.
1 file.

Sep 1990-Oct 1990

Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). Includes: results of polls on the ERM; extract from Hansard on the Madrid [Spain] meeting of the European Council (June 1989); transcript of a Brian Walden interview with Sir Geoffrey Howe, Deputy Prime Minister; article by Howe for International Affairs on Britain's place in the world; report by George Robertson [principal spokesman on European Affairs] on the European Council summit in Rome [Italy]; transcript of a World This Weekend interview by Gerald Kaufman [Shadow Foreign Secretary]; suggestions by John Eatwell [economic adviser to NK] for a statement on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
1 file.

Oct 1990

Economic and Monetary Union. Cuttings and background papers on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), particularly on Conservative policy, including: texts of speeches by John Major, Chancellor of the Exchequer, including at the Lord Mayor's Banquet and the Conservative Party Conference, with annotations by NK; summary of poll research commissioned by Labour on public attitudes to EMU.
1 file.

Jun 1990-Oct 1990

Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union. Papers and correspondence, including: letter from Jean-Pierre Cot, chairman of the European Parliament Socialist Group; memoranda from George Robertson [principal spokesman on European Affairs] on the conference of European Parliaments, Rome [Italy], Nov 1990 and the Intergovernmental Conferences; Trades Union Congress note on their position towards Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); summary of poll research commissioned by Labour on public attitudes to EMU; rough notes of a Shadow Cabinet meeting; draft report from the Confederation of European Socialist Parties' working party on EMU; briefing and rough notes for a meeting with European journalists; paper by Nigel Spearing [chairman of the EEC legislation select committee] on the Rome conference; draft leaders' declaration on the Intergovernmental Conferences, Madrid [Spain], Dec 1990, with rough notes by NK.
1 file.

Oct 1990-Dec 1990

Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union. Briefs and papers, including: draft of a speech for NK, Nov 1989; notes from meetings between NK and Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, Vasiliki (Vasso) Papandreou, David Williamson, Secretary-General of the European Commission and Carlo Ripa di Meana; notes on Labour's approach to the Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union; papers from the European Socialist meeting in Madrid [Spain], Dec 1990; note by George Robertson [principal spokesman on European Affairs] on the conference of the Parliaments of Europe, Rome [Italy] 1990; papers from the Socialist Party leaders' summit, Brussels [Belgium], Dec 1991; notes by Chris Smith [Treasury and economic affairs spokesman] for NK to use in a parliamentary debate on Europe, Nov 1991.
1 file.

Nov 1989-Dec 1991

Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union. Includes: briefings on pushing European Community developments up the agenda for the Shadow Cabinet; European Commission report on a strategy for enlargement; briefing for a statement by NK on Labour's negotiating position on Europe, following a General Election victory; memorandum by Nigel Spearing [chairman of the EEC legislation select committee] on Labour's position on the Maastricht treaty; memorandum by George Robertson [principal spokesman on European Affairs] on Labour's strategy on the Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union; copy of a letter from Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary, to Gerald Kaufman [Shadow Foreign Secretary] on Britain's Presidency of the Community; Labour's programme for the Presidency; texts of speeches by NK at a Confederation of European Socialist Parties meeting, Luxembourg, June 1991; notes on Labour's position on the Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union; leaders' declaration on the Intergovernmental Conferences, Madrid [Spain], Dec 1990; text for a debate on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); document endorsed by the National Executive Committee on Labour's approach to the Intergovernmental Conferences; presidency conclusions from the European Council meeting, Rome [Italy], Dec 1990.
2 files.

May 1990-Nov 1991

European Parliament. Includes: memorandum from George Robertson [principal spokesman on European Affairs] on the Conference of European Parliaments, Rome [Italy], Nov 1990; document endorsed by the National Executive Committee on Labour's approach to the Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); briefings for meetings with John Kerr, British Ambassador to the European Community and representatives of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP); report from the Norwegian Labour Party Conference; rough notes of a meeting with Julian Priestley and Jean-Pierre Cot [Secretary-General and chairman of the European Parliament Socialist Group].
1 file.

Nov 1990

Europe. Includes: text of a speech by Roy Hattersley, Deputy Leader, at a Labour conference on the future of Britain in Europe; text of a speech by NK to the North Atlantic Assembly; declarations from the Confederation of European Socialist Parties on the Gulf Crisis and the Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union, Madrid [Spain], Dec 1990; European Parliament agenda for Jan 1991.
1 file.

Nov 1990-Dec 1990

Europe. Includes: Trades Union Congress memorandum on challenges for Britain in the internal market; correspondence on European Parliament Socialist Group events with members of the group, including Jean-Pierre Cot, chairman, and John Tomlinson, particularly an industrial conference in Birmingham; report on a Fabian delegation to SHAPE and NATO; text of the Charter of Paris for a new Europe; draft letter from NK to Dick Spring [leader of the Irish Labour Party] congratulating him on Mary Robinson's election as President of Ireland.
1 file.

Nov 1990-Mar 1991

Europe. Includes: briefing for meeting with Rudolf Streicher, Socialist candidate for the Austrian presidential elections, 1992; briefing for and notes of meeting with Glyn Ford, leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP); briefing for a dinner with MEPs; correspondence with representatives of the European Parliament Socialist Group, including Jean-Pierre Cot, chairman; notes from George Robertson [principal spokesman on European Affairs] on the Intergovernmental Conferences and papers on Economic Monetary Union (EMU) and the exchange rate mechanism (ERM); texts of speeches by Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, and John Major, Chancellor of the Exchequer, from the Conservative Party Conference, 1990.
1 file.

Jul 1990-Jan 1992

Europe. Includes: note of meeting with the Lithuanian politician Vytautas Landsbergis; note on the Conservative problems with federalism; correspondence on the visit to London by Antonio Guteress, leader of the Portuguese Parliamentary Socialist group; correspondence with representatives of the European Parliament Socialist Group, including Julian Priestley, Secretary-General; text of the draft treaty of union, June 1991; text of NK's speech to the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Luxembourg, June 1991, on the Intergovernmental Conference on Economic Monetary Union (EMU); briefing for meeting with Enrique Baron Crespo [President of the European Parliament]; briefings from the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP); notes of meeting with Alfred Lomas and Nicholas Sigler; briefing for meeting with the Dutch Ambassador Hoekman.
1 file.

Aug 1987-Nov 1991

European Immigration Policy. Briefings and cuttings on the effects of the European single market on movement of people within the European Community. Includes notes from Alistair Darling on the implications for immigration and asylum policy.
1 file.

Jun 1990-Nov 1991

European correspondence. Includes: Socialist Party of Austria and Cyprus newsletters; press release on allegations of collaboration with the Communists, made against the Czech MP Jan Kavan; speech by George Robertson, principal European spokesman, to the Anglo-German Association; correspondence with the European Movement; proposal that NK should open a European Parliament Socialist Group conference; correspondence on the Know-How Fund, for assistance to Poland.
1 file.

Sep 1990-Jul 1991

European correspondence. Includes: paper from the Saferworld Foundation on the new agenda for European security; paper by Bruce George, chairman of the Political Committee of the North Atlantic Assembly, on future European security; letter from Roy Hattersley [Deputy Leader], advising NK to hold a meeting on Monetary Union and the Gulf Crisis; note from Michael Elliott MEP on proportional representation; letter from David Clark [food, agriculture and rural affairs spokesman] forwarding cuttings on the need for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; correspondence with Jean-Pierre Cot, chairman of the European Parliament Socialist Group on the "Assizes declaration" from a meeting of Socialist MEPs, Nov 1990.
1 file.

Oct 1990-Feb 1991

Economic and Monetary Union. Includes: papers from the European Conference, Brighton [Sussex], Nov 1992; briefings for the Maastricht debate, Nov 1992 and on the Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union; briefing for a meeting with Andreas Papandreou, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK); copies of Hansard for debates in Nov 1991 and Dec 1990.
1 file.

Nov 1990-Nov 1992

Maastricht debate. Includes: notes for the debate, Dec 1991; speech drafts on Britain's opt out of European Monetary Union (EMU), the single currency and the Social Charter; issue of Hansard on the debate; background papers on the Social Charter, the development and future of the Common Agricultural Policy, the Single European Market and European Monetary Union; annotated copy of the treaty; papers on the Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union, including a draft statement for a meeting of the National Executive Committee by John Eatwell [economic adviser to NK], an NEC position paper on the conferences and comments from Bryan Gould; draft report of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research on a new strategy for social and economic cohesion after 1992; paper by Michael Meacher [social security spokesman] on harmonising European social policies in line with the Social Charter; papers from meetings of the Shadow Cabinet Economic Sub-Committee; comments from John Smith [Treasury and economic affairs spokesman] on Labour's position, with texts of speeches by Smith.
3 files.

Oct 1990-Dec 1991

European strategy. Includes: notes on strategy for opening up the issues in the Intergovernmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union, including a memorandum from George Robertson [principal European spokesman]; procedural note and discussion paper on the position of MEPs contesting Westminster by-elections.
1 file.

Jan 1991-Oct 1991

Drafts resolutions on political and monetary union. Annotated statements from the National Executive Committee, with drafts from George Robertson [principal European spokesman] and John Eatwell [economic adviser to NK].
1 file.

Jun 1991

Maastricht Treaty. Includes: draft text of the Maastricht treaty; annotated draft declaration from the leaders of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, ahead of Maastricht; voting figures on the Maastricht debate, Westminster; notes on Labour's attitude to the treaty; notes for Prime Minister's Questions on the treaty; copy of a letter from Chris Smith, Shadow Treasury Minister, to Norman Lamont, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the location of the European Central Bank; report on the development and future of the Common Agricultural Policy; copy of Labour's manifesto for the 1989 European elections.
2 files.

Oct 1991-Dec 1991

Maastricht Treaty. Briefings for, notes and papers of meetings with the Trades Union Congress contact group on the Social Chapter, including copies of correspondence between John Major, Prime Minister, and Norman Willis, General Secretary of the TUC, on the Government's opt out of the Chapter, and a note from John Eatwell [economic adviser to NK] on the TUC's Budget submission. Also includes letters from the Federation of Poles in Great Britain and the Polish Solidarity Campaign on visa requirements.
1 file.

Sep 1991-Jan 1992

Maastricht Treaty. Letter from Michael Howard [Secretary of State for Employment] listing errors in NK's Parliamentary statement on the Social Chapter, and copy of NK's speech in the debate on the ratification of the treaty.
1 file.

Dec 1991-May 1992

Debates on Europe. Includes: copies of Hansard for debates, mainly on the Maastricht Treaty, June and Feb 1992, Dec 1991 and Oct 1990; notes for a Tribune Group meeting on Maastricht; British Labour Group annual report; House of Commons Library Research paper on the decision to opt out of the Social Chapter.
1 file.

Oct 1990-Sep 1992

Europe. Includes: brief and statements for the Maastricht debate; copies of Hansard on Maastricht, Jan, Nov, Dec 1991; papers on NK's bid for the Presidency of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties; draft of the Confederation's programme for renewal; annotated paper on Labour in Europe.
2 files.

Jan 1991-Oct 1992

Europe. Includes: note on the Labour Party's position on Maastricht; Confederation of European Socialist Parties declaration on a new European architecture; Labour statement on Britain's presidency of the European Council; European Parliamentary Labour Party paper on Israel and Middle East financial protocols [to the 1975 Agreement between Israel and the European Community; note by David Clark, food and agriculture spokesman, on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
1 file.

May 1991-Jun 1992

European speeches. Copies of Hansard, May-June 1992, with texts of speeches by NK and Margaret Thatcher on Europe.
1 file.

Nov 1991-Jun 1992

Papers on Europe. Includes: memoranda on the Intergovernmental Conferences and on economic and monetary union; text of speech by George Robertson, Labour spokesman on European affairs to the Diplomatic and Commonwealth Writers' Association on Labour's priorities for Britain's Presidency of the European Council; statement by John Major on the European Council meeting, Lisbon [Portugal], June 1992; notes on opting out of the Social Chapter and from monetary union and notes and questions for the Maastricht debate; notes on the status of Euro MPs within the party constitution; correspondence with the Socialist Group on the creation of a European Socialist and Social Democratic Party.
1 file.

Nov 1990-Jun 1992

Papers on Europe. Includes: statements and speeches by NK and John Major, Prime Minister, on the rejection of the Maastricht Treaty by Denmark, June 1992; cuttings on NK's bid for the Presidency of the Confederation of European Socialists; memorandum on the Intergovernmental Conferences; draft of NK's speech for the Confederation Leaders' meeting in Brussels, Dec 1991.
1 file.

Jul 1991-Jun 1992

European Socialists. Papers of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties and European Parliamentary Labour Party, including: reports of meetings; draft of a working party report on a programme for renewal; briefing on the Confederation; memorandum by John Eatwell [economic adviser to NK] on economic policy within Europe; memorandum on Labour and political union.
1 file.

Apr 1992-Nov 1992

Candidature for the Presidency of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties. Papers and correspondence on NK's candidacy, including: copies of NK's letters to Guy Spitaels, outgoing President, and Bettino Craxi, leader of the Italian Socialist Party, on his candidature; texts of speeches and statements by NK; later interviews with former colleagues of NK, including Pauline Green, leader of the European Parliament Socialist Group.
1 file.

Apr 1992-Feb 1999

Election defeat and after, 1992. Messages of support from European politicians and correspondence on NK's candidacy for Presidency of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties. Correspondents include: Wim Kok, Dutch Minister of Finance; Franz Vranitzky, Chancellor of Austria; Bjorn Engholm, Chairman of the German Social Democratic Party; Laurent Fabius, First Secretary of the French Socialist Party; Frank Vandenbroucke, Chairman of the Belgian Socialist Party; Guy Spitaels, President of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties; Dick Spring, Irish Labour Party leader. Also includes a post-mortem of the 1992 Election by Patricia Ramsay, Foreign Press Secretary to NK and texts of speeches by John Smith on Labour's policy on Europe and by Gordon Brown, Shadow Chancellor, launching Labour's campaign for recovery, annotated by NK.
1 file.

Apr 1992-Dec 1992

Candidature for the Presidency of the Confederation of European Socialist Parties. Annotated statement on NK's decision not to stand for the Presidency, in the wake of Denmark's referendum on the Maastricht Treaty.
1 file.

Jun 1992

Maastricht and Europe. Includes: highlights from the European Finance Convention (Nov 92); briefing papers from the Labour Europe Conference, with texts of speeches from Glyn Ford, leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party; paper by Stuart Holland on dissatisfaction with the Maastricht Treaty; report on economic and social cohesion; analysis of European Parliament voting on Maastricht.
2 files.

May 1992-Dec 1992

The Maastricht debate: copies of press cuttings.
1 file.

Jun 1992

Press cuttings. Newspapers and articles on the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), also including a translation of a speech by Richard von Weizsacker, President of Germany, on facing the threat from the extreme right.
1 file.

Sep 1992-Nov 1992

Papers on Europe. Includes: notes on the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM); printed article and cuttings on the Social Chapter and social policy legislation.
1 file.

May 1993