I am interested to hear what the hon. Gentleman is saying, but does he recall that Edward Heath opposed enlargement because he was fearful that his vision of a strong, centralised western Europe would be undermined by eastern Europe?
European Union (Accessions) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 November 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Accessions) Bill.
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