Peter Mandelson
Peter Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson PCis a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. He served as Member of Parliamentfor Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, and held a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was also the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 October 1953
lying people knows
I didn't mislead people. I know I didn't lie and I have got to establish that.
world growing facts
Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable.
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Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.
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What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.
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I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.
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The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.
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Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.
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Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.
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In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.
europe squares insecurity
If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization.
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Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.
europe people missions
Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it...
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It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.
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I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.