Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust and a former Member of the European Parliament, has commented as follows on Mr Cameron’s speech on Britain’s position in the European Union: “Despite the publicity that has surrounded it, it is very difficult to believe that Mr…
Report on discussion at the Federal Union committee The prime minister will give his long-awaited speech on his new Europe policy this coming Friday. In it, he will announce a plan for a referendum on Europe. All that remains unclear are the question, the timing,…
The most important outcome of the past 12 months is that the eurozone survived. The world was poised on the edge of a financial precipice at the beginning of last year; it did not fall in during its course. But it is still on the…
The prospect of a referendum on British membership of the EU continues to hang over British politics. (Federal Union has warned of the reasons why such a referendum might not be as neat and democratic as it sounds here, but there remain plenty of people…
We are sad to report the recent death of Lord Archer of Sandwell, after long and distinguished service in politics and the law, including serving as president of Federal Union. He was noted as a champion of progressive causes, which he addressed with integrity and…
In this new book, Brendan Donnelly and Hugh Dykes, both former Conservative parliamentarians, critically review British attitudes towards the European Union, particularly those of the media and political classes. They argue that over the last twenty years discussion in this country over European issues has…
Federal Union held its AGM and annual conference on 17 March 2012. The morning session, entitled “Can the European Union be saved?”, looked at the European treaty agreed at the summit earlier this month, and asked whether it embodied the right model for the future…
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 away in the heart of the Vosges pine forests, the staff of the Grand Hotel…
By 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 treaty’s final text is an acknowledgment of German dominance in Europe rather than an acceptance…
Letter in the Daily Telegraph SIR – Peter Oborne calls for Greece to be “allowed to default and devalue” (Comment, February 16). It does not need to be allowed: it is already free to do so. It would mean turning its back on economic integration…
Federal Union membership leaflet from 1940
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