Whether you find this a relief or a frustration is a good indication of whether you are a Euro-sceptic or a Euro-enthusiast.
Welsh Secretary David Jones - who says he's moved from "devo-sceptic" to "devo-realist" - opened the debate with a 28-minute speech in which he carefully avoided saying what he thought of the proposals or indeed whether the UK government would implement them.
Gavin Schmidt, a scientist at NASA and the keeper of realclimate.org, an anti-sceptic blog, wrote that that e-mail was very ill-advised.
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Unlike his predecessor, the notoriously euro-sceptic Vaclav Klaus, Mr Zeman describes himself as a euro-federalist and is an advocate of closer European integration, though he believes that the Czech Republic should take its time over joining the euro.
Before news of his appointment, some euro-sceptic Tories had already attacked the prospect of the former chancellor's return.
There's nothing like living in France, to turn a loyal pro-European into a devout Euro-sceptic.
Sweden's great and good, ignoring traditional political divisions, are lining up to woo a euro-sceptic people.
The last thing he wants is an aggrieved band of Land bosses, some already fairly euro-sceptic, making noisy common cause with Mr Stoiber.
One anti-sceptic is Donald Henderson, director of the Centre for Civilian Biodefence Studies at Johns Hopkins University, who believes that the threat of bioterrorism has increased in recent years.
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The once portly Banting, who lived at 27 St James's Street, London (next door to what is now The Economist building) understood that even better than alcohol-sceptic Dr Atkins.
The party has since abandoned its roots to become a broader, more moderate movement and Fini is regarded as one of the more pro-European ministers within the often euro-sceptic Berlusconi coalition.
WHO, can be counted upon to enter almost any health debate as a sharp-tongued sceptic.
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Months of legal wrangling had sapped enthusiasm for the project (Mr Knott-Craig was an early sceptic).
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The climate sceptic columnist Christopher Booker applauded her volte-face, arguing that previously she had been "under the spell" of her adviser the former UN ambassador Sir Crispin Tickell.
But something seems to have worried them, and they will now be reading the runes of a summit that ended with an unprecedented decision to cut EU spending, trying to evaluate whether this is a one-off or a symptom of a more troubling shift in Europe's centre of gravity - a move in a more sceptic direction.
Like so many blue-collar white men, Hank is now a political sceptic.
The editor-in-chief of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, is a leading sceptic of paywalls and has vowed to keep most of the content of his newspaper free online.
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