John Major on Corfu summit outcomes

Title

John Major on Corfu summit outcomes

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

26 Jun 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:38

Description

David Addis reports on UK Prime Minister John Major’s press conference on the outcomes of an EC summit in Corfu. Includes Major speaking on poor turnout at European elections; seizures of drugs; relations with Russia and concern over nuclear power stations there; Northern Ireland peace process; his vetoing of the appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene as new EC President which he says wasn’t personal.

Contributors

John Major; David Addis

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Northern Ireland; UK; Russia; International relations; Nuclear power stations; Illegal drugs; Presidents; Peacebuilding; Europe; Summits (meetings); John Major; Political appointments; EC; Corfu; Jean Luc Dehaene

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