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Multiple identities and mixed feelings – more or less Europe? (19 January 2012)
Posted on 09/01/2012 | No Comments19 January 2012, 1730 -1900 Venue: The Tent at St Ethelburga’s, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG (5 mins walk from Bank and Liverpool St tube stations). Light refreshments will be served beforehand (for which contributions will be welcome on the spot). A conversation to explore... -
The UK and the euro (12 December 2011)
Posted on 16/11/2011 | No CommentsTHE COALITION AND EUROPE AFTER THE HONEYMOON 12 DECEMBER – THE UK AND THE EURO MARY SUMNER HOUSE, TUFTON STREET, LONDON SW1P 3RB 2.00 – 5.30 pm followed by a drinks reception This, the third in a series of conferences held in conjunction with the... -
What went wrong with the euro?
Posted on 16/11/2011 | 1 CommentPeter Oborne’s campaign against the pro-Europeans took another step yesterday with his online debate with David Aaronovitch. The latter was one of the targets in his recent book “The guilty men”, and the Centre for Policy Studies hosted an exchange of views between them on... -
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... -
The fate of the eurozone – what kind of Europe can survive the crisis? (29 October 2011)
Posted on 10/10/2011 | No Comments10.30 am to 4 pm, Saturday 29 October 2011 Room K2.31 (2C), King’s College London, The Strand, London WC2B 2LS – click here for a map The fate of the eurozone – what kind of Europe can survive the crisis? The scale of the financial crisis... -
Disastrous economic policies in the eurozone
Posted on 06/07/2011 | 1 CommentLetter in the Independent, 5 July 2011 Mary Ann Sieghart is right to say that the economic policies followed by Britain over the past 10 years would have been even more disastrous if Britain had also been a member of the eurozone. (“Where have all... -
Britain and the future of the eurozone
Posted on 28/03/2011 | No CommentsBy John Palmer There are two seemingly very different conclusions to be drawn from the latest European Union summit meetings designed to tackle the growing crisis within the eurozone. The first is that the eurozone has taken major steps towards an economic union not just... -
Why the euro did not cause the housing crash
Posted on 18/10/2010 | 1 CommentWe quote an extract from the book “Whoops!” on the Quotebank here, explaining that action to regulate the banks should be international and not national. But it wouldn’t be fair not to make clear that the author, John Lanchester, does not express sympathy with the... -
Coalition tensions
Posted on 23/09/2010 | 1 CommentThe Liberal Democrats at their conference in Liverpool this week were discussing the coalition government. A coalition is necessarily a compromise between different and even conflicting interests, and resolving those conflicts satisfactorily will be an important factor in keeping the coalition together. But it remains...
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