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The presidency logo has been "thoroughly checked for copyright" says the British foreign office (Photo: The Bruges Group)

Think-tank snipes at UK presidency swans

Eurosceptic British think-tank The Bruges Group has given UK foreign minister Jack Straw until noon on Friday (8 July) to respond to criticism that the EU presidency's logo seems to be copied from its own design dating back to the early 1990s.

"If you cannot explain those similarities then we may seek an injunction to stop the government using it and demand compensation", Bruges Group co-chairman and former Conservative Party minister Lord Lamont wrote on 1 July, the first day of the U...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

The presidency logo has been "thoroughly checked for copyright" says the British foreign office (Photo: The Bruges Group)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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