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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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- How the world turns - 20/05/2012It is not only the world of politics that is turned upside down by the European banking crisis and the ineffectual way in which political leaders are dealing with it. ...
- Authentic euroscepticism - 20/05/2012A very interesting article in the Daily Telegraph last Friday by Jeremy Warner (read it here) sums up the eurosceptic dilemma and reveals the perverse nature of the way they...
- Overwhelming - 18/05/2012This blog has described before the difficulties associated with Greek departure from the eurozone. It would reduce the Greeks to a cash or even barter economy for a while, and...
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Britain in Europe: A New British Government – A New British Role in Europe? (20 May 2011)
Posted on 09/05/2011 | No Comments20 May 2011, 4.30pm for 5.00pm, followed by a reception at 7.00pm Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB 4.30 – 5.00: Registration 5.00 – 5.15: Video Message from President of the Federal Trust Peter Sutherland KCMG, former European Commissioner and Director-General of the... -
A briefing from Number 10
Posted on 06/04/2011 | No CommentsA report in the Evening Standard today on the precarious state of the coalition government, faced with health reforms, the AV referendum and much else. The National Health Service, in particular, is a problem: the government has embarked on a far-reaching upheaval of the way... -
Undercover cop reveals truth about eurosceptics
Posted on 14/01/2011 | No CommentsOther than the obvious question of whether or not anyone involved in Federal Union was actually a policeman in disguise, the story this week about the police officer who went deep undercover in the environmental movement for seven years tells us something about accountability. Mark... -
Federal Union objects to the European Union bill
Posted on 10/01/2011 | 1 CommentThe Federal Union committee discussed the European Union bill that is currently before the House of Commons (to be debated on Tuesday 11 January) and specifically the proposal that any future pooling of sovereignty in the EU should be approved by a referendum. The bill... -
Federal Union review of 2010
Posted on 07/01/2011 | No CommentsA review of 2010 from the perspective of federalism must surely start with the difficulties in the eurozone. The creation of the euro was the most dramatic and substantial step in the history of European unity, which means that talk now of the eurozone breaking... -
Oh dear, Vince
Posted on 21/12/2010 | No CommentsThe revelation that Vince Cable had spoken boastfully and even aggressively to undercover reports from the Daily Telegraph posing as constituents will cause him no little embarrassment. He is a leading figure on the left of the Liberal Democrats and he may well be right... -
Tuition fees row explained
Posted on 16/12/2010 | No CommentsThe proposal to increase tuition fees in England tore at the hearts of the Liberal Democrats and provided a substantial test for the coalition government. A blog post on the Liberal Vision website reports on the voting figures in the House of Commons, and makes... -
The UK Coalition and the European Union (19 January 2011)
Posted on 15/12/2010 | No CommentsOn 19 January 2011, together with the European Commission, the Aston Centre for Europe is organising a seminar on the European policy of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition entitled: ‘The UK Coalition and the European Union’. The event will begin with a roundtable discussion chaired by... -
Coalition and constitution: a laboratory for change? (13 January 2011)
Posted on 09/12/2010 | No CommentsCoalition and constitution: a laboratory for change? 13 January 2011, 2.00 – 5.00, followed by a reception MARY SUMNER HOUSE, 24 TUFTON STREET, LONDON SW1P 3RB In 1997 constitutional reform was heralded as a priority for the incoming New Labour government. Reforms over the succeeding... -
Germany and Britain – Converging or Diverging? (14 December 2010)
Posted on 07/12/2010 | No Comments14 December 2010 9.00 – 17.30, followed by a reception The Royal Horseguards One Whitehall Place 2 Whitehall Court London SW1A 2EJ With apologies to those of you who have already seen and responded to the previous version of this notice, please find below further details of the Federal Trust,...
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