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Latest Articles in 'Europe'
- By John Parry Review of “The Council of Europe” by Martyn Bond (Routledge Global Institutions Series, price £75 hardback) It was summer 1949. In the village of Le Hohwald, tucked...
- If you’re not at the table, you’re part of the menu - 22/02/2012By Patrick Mc Nally Is it so radical? January 2012, another European Summit and yet another treaty. A treaty that Germany wants but the other 26 countries do not. The...
- Political language - 17/02/2012There is a referendum in Latvia on Saturday on a proposal to make Russian an official language. Around one third of the population have Russian as their first language (compare...
Latest Blog Entries
- The end of the coalition - 14/05/2012The results of the voting that took place on 3 May surely spell the beginning of the end for Britain’s coalition government. (Read about the election results here.) I am...
- The case against Rupert Murdoch - 02/05/2012Passing judgement on Rupert Murdoch appears to be today’s fashion, and this blog is not one to shirk a challenge. His dislike of the EU is well-known, as are the...
- The House of Lords is a mess - 01/05/2012The House of Lords is a mess. It brings together in one place party political nominees (often former MPs), acknowledged experts on particular issues, descendants of drinking buddies of long-deceased...
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Is Germany doing enough to save the euro?
Posted on 13/12/2011 | 3 CommentsDebate at King’s College London, on 12 December 2011, on the subject of “Germany has not taken enough proactive steps to solve the eurozone crisis, despite being at the top table of European politics and its economic standing.” Richard Laming was asked to speak against... -
The case for global democracy
Posted on 12/12/2011 | No CommentsBased on a talk by Richard Laming at the OccupyLSX camp at St Paul’s Cathedral, 11 December 2011 Before talking about the issue of global democracy, I ought to say a few words about Federal Union and its interest in this issue. Federal Union was founded... -
Meltdown
Posted on 05/12/2011 | No CommentsThis will be the situation if the markets are disappointed by the decisions of the European Council on 9 December. If this happens the market will probably sell every euro denominated asset. We can only hope that the worst case scenario can be avoided. Just... -
Contorted arguments against EU membership
Posted on 14/11/2011 | 4 CommentsThe benefits of British membership of the European Union are so profound and far-reaching that its opponents have to twist themselves into all kinds of knots in order to try and construct an argument against it. People from either side of the left-right political spectrum... -
A treaty change is not a panacea
Posted on 13/11/2011 | No CommentsBy Sir Julian Priestley For certain media commentators, self-appointed spokespersons for the market, our friends outside the EU and some ministers in some EU governments who should know better, the debt crisis currently engulfing the eurozone has an easy solution. The European Central Bank should... -
The fate of the eurozone – how Europe can survive the crisis
Posted on 08/11/2011 | No CommentsFederal Union and the Federal Trust held a conference on Saturday 29 October 2011 to examine the roots of the crisis in the eurozone and to explore possible solutions. Why is the eurozone in a fix? How can it get out again? The speakers at... -
Good politics, now all Labour needs is a policy
Posted on 26/10/2011 | No CommentsBy Sir Julian Priestley Labour’s decision to put a three-line whip on the vote on an in/out referendum was a good decision. It moved the focus to the resurgence of Tory divisions on Europe. It seemed like statesmanship to be offering to dig the prime... -
Nearing the end of the euro crisis, one way or another
Posted on 21/10/2011 | No CommentsIt looks as if we have reached the endgame in the eurozone crisis, writes Patrick Mc Nally. The G20 countries are very concerned at European leaders’ failure to solve the crisis and for allowing it to develop into a global crisis. It is clear that... -
The Monnet programme
Posted on 18/09/2011 | 1 CommentLetter published in the Economist, 17 September 2011 Sir – The suggestion that the crisis in the eurozone shows the limits of Jean Monnet’s approach to Europe is surely incorrect (Charlemagne, “The end of Monnet”, 3 September). The essence of Monnet’s approach was that each... -
The coalition government and the European Union – who, whom?
Posted on 13/09/2011 | 2 CommentsThe Federal Union committee, at its meeting on 12 September, discussed the record of the coalition government on Europe and in particular the influence of the Liberal Democrats. The outcome of the general election in 2010, with the Conservatives the largest party but 20 seats...
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