| Federalism is the political philosophy
of the dispersal of power. It proposes the division of political
power between levels and institutions of government to achieve
the best combination of democracy and effectiveness.
Since 1938, Federal Union has campaigned
for federalism for the UK, Europe and the world. A common
philosophy and a common set of federalist values underlie
its approach to all these three different levels of governance.
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European
democracy
How the Treaty of Lisbon will make the EU more democratic
(20/12/07)
The Treaty of Lisbon (formerly
known as the Reform Treaty) was signed on 13 December 2007
and it marks the next stage in the development of the European
Union. Each successive step since the Treaty of Rome has extended
the powers of the European Union and improved the Union’s
democratic functioning, and the Lisbon treaty is no exception.
More
 What's
in the new Treaty? - a short background briefing
An
opportunity for democracy - submission by Federal Union to
the House of Lords European Union Committee inquiry into the
impact of the Reform Treaty on the institutions of the EU
The
Treaty of Lisbon: an impact assessment - report by the House
of Lords European Union Committee
The
European Union after the European Reform Treaty - Brendan
Donnelly
Should
there be a referendum on the next European treaty? - a background
briefing from Federal Union
A
treaty for foreign policy (on EUobserver.com)
What
do the referendum campaigners really want? (on EUobserver.com)
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Crisis in the Middle East
Reflections
on the revolution in Iraq (25/03/08)
It is now five years since
the start of the war in Iraq, five years in which the toll
in money, in lives and in so much else has mounted continually.
The cost of the war has turned out to be truly staggering,
but saying that now cannot undo the mistakes of the past.
The real test is what comes next. Can we learn any lessons
from history? More
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about the crisis in the Middle East
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World peace and the reform of the United Nations
Taking
Democracy Global: Assessing the Benefits and Challenges of a
Global Parliamentary Assembly
Increasingly the world's diverse
political communities - local, provincial and national - have
at their common core a popularly elected legislative body. This
Booklet is dedicated to the proposition that the increasingly
powerful international system should no longer stand apart from
the movement to democratize planetary social life.
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Climate
change
An
inconvenient truth (15/10/06)
Al Gore’s climate change film gives
examples of some of the consequences of climate change. It is
a relevant film because of what climate change says about contemporary
decision-making in politics. National governments can’t
protect their citizens, no matter they try and do. It is going
to need more than that. More
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Openness
in the EU
A
sunshine policy for Europe (10/10/06)
You’ve got to admire the
slogan. “Let sunshine win the day.” Just when David
Cameron was being accused of lacking policies and substance,
he pulls this one out of the hat and confounds all his critics.
Suddenly, all those political forces supporting showers or demanding
drizzle are left flat-footed. More
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Federalism in the
UK
Billy
Bragg is wrong about the House of Lords
(22/03/04)
The need to bring
democracy to the second chamber in Westminster is long overdue,
but Billy Bragg's proposal goes about it the wrong way. He makes
three assumptions, none of which are correct. More
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Britain and the
euro
Pro-Europeans
say government is not serious about joining the euro
(09/06/03)
Pro-Europeans have criticised
today’s statement by Gordon Brown for not outlining a serious
commitment to joining the euro. The government needs to make
it “clear and unambiguous” that it intends to join.
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