EU Budget

Collection of documents and papers that focus on the EU's budget. Includes: Wikipedia print out of EU statistics (economic), 2009 Notes on 2008 preliminary draft budget Notes on future financing in EU 5 French article series 'Le Budget', 1989-1993 Photocopied article 'The budget the EU needs to prepare itself for enlargement', c.1997 Article in French (EU Council), 1993 Photocopy of chapter in book in French, 1988 Article by Nicoll in French, 1988 Publication in French by Jean-Louis Dewost, 1982 Photocopy of article from Journal of Common Market Studies, 'Re-structuring the EC Budget: Implications of the Fontainebleau Agreement', 1984 Briefing paper on Britain in Europe Article from EIPASCOPE, 'Financing the EU', 2005 Notes on EU markets, 2005 Briefing on 'The UK Rebase Issue' Printed online article on UK Presiding of the EU, 'European Financial Perspectives', 2005 Newspaper and Economist articles on EU funding and budget Online article on EU budget, with statement by UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2005 Article from Financial Times, 2005 Article from EIPASCOPE, 'When the Linkage of Issues is a Weapon', 2007 Printed BBC article on UK budget rebate, 2005

Born in Dundee, Sir William Nicoll was an only child. Growing up in a tenement, his father was a joiner. He attended Morgan Academy, then won a scholarship to University College, Dundee, which was then part of the University of St Andrews.
Nicoll passed the civil service exams and moved to London in 1949 to join the Board of Trade. Married Helen Morison in 1954, at the same time he became Editor of The Reel, a post he held in 1954 and 1955. The next year he was posted to Calcutta as trade commissioner, cutting short his editorship. Within ten years he had risen to become private secretary to Douglas Jay, the Labour heavyweight whom Harold Wilson had appointed president of the Board of Trade.
From there Nicoll was seconded to the Foreign Office and served 20 years as one of the UK's senior men in Brussels. He became familiar with the French language and had a narrow escape from an IRA letter bomb while there.
Nicoll rose to become Director General of the Council of the European Communities, and was knighted in 1992. In retirement, he lectured, edited the European Business Journal, wrote books on the European Union and advised candidate countries hoping to join it.
Sir William was a lifelong teetotaller, and keen Scottish country dancer.

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Born in Dundee, Sir William Nicoll was an only child. Growing up in a tenement, his father was a joiner. He attended Morgan Academy, then won a scholarship to University College, Dundee, which was then part of the University of St Andrews.
Nicoll passed the civil service exams and moved to London in 1949 to join the Board of Trade. Married Helen Morison in 1954, at the same time he became Editor of The Reel, a post he held in 1954 and 1955. The next year he was posted to Calcutta as trade commissioner, cutting short his editorship. Within ten years he had risen to become private secretary to Douglas Jay, the Labour heavyweight whom Harold Wilson had appointed president of the Board of Trade.
From there Nicoll was seconded to the Foreign Office and served 20 years as one of the UK's senior men in Brussels. He became familiar with the French language and had a narrow escape from an IRA letter bomb while there.
Nicoll rose to become Director General of the Council of the European Communities, and was knighted in 1992. In retirement, he lectured, edited the European Business Journal, wrote books on the European Union and advised candidate countries hoping to join it.
Sir William was a lifelong teetotaller, and keen Scottish country dancer.

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