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The UK and the European Budget (13 October 2011)
Posted on 28/09/2011 | No CommentsTHE COALITION AND EUROPE AFTER THE HONEYMOON - A NEW SERIES OF CONFERENCES 13 OCTOBER - THE UK AND THE EUROPEAN BUDGET EUROPE HOUSE, 32 SMITH SQUARE, LONDON SW1P 3EU 2.00 – 5.30 pm followed by a drinks reception In conjunction with the Global Policy... -
EU taxes: who decides?
Posted on 11/08/2010 | No CommentsJanusz Lewandowski, member of the European Commission responsible for the budget, has floated the idea of introducing a new tax to finance the European Union independently of the member states. The tax base, that is, would be independent, not the decisions about whether and how... -
Conservative policy on Europe becomes clearer
Posted on 03/06/2009 | 1 CommentFor some time now, the Conservative policy on the Lisbon treaty is to hold a referendum on it if it is yet to come into force, but if it has come into force by the time they come into power, they have said merely that... -
Who pays for the rebate
Posted on 30/05/2009 | No CommentsConservative shadow foreign secretary William Hague chooses to attack Labour for agreeing to give up part of the British rebate. This is the feature of the EU budget whereby Britain gets compensated for the fact that, because of certain characteristics of its economy, it tends... -
The Galileo project helps us navigate through the EU
Posted on 13/11/2007 | No CommentsA report published yesterday by the House of Commons Transport Committee on “Galileo: Recent Developments” has been widely reported because of its criticisms of the project’s cost-effectiveness. (You can find the report here.) The idea is that there should be a European satellite navigation system,... -
Attempts to revive EU constitution
Posted on 19/02/2007 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in The Independent, 19 February 2007 Sir: Simon Carr may be an experienced observer of Westminster but he is woefully ill-informed about the European Union (sketch, 8 February). Members of the European Commission would be flattered to be told that they are... -
Constructive criticism on the EU budget should be welcomed
Posted on 05/12/2006 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 5 December 2006 British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has not always sought popularity among his fellow EU finance ministers. On the eve of Euro-12 Council meetings, to which of course he is not invited, he likes to air... -
Reform of the CAP needs reform of the constitution
Posted on 18/10/2006 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 18 October 2006 I wrote last week in these pages about how the Common Agricultural Policy was first set up to encourage enough production, but actually had the effect of encouraging over-production. This phenomenon of people changing their behaviour in... -
In defence of the Erasmus scheme
Posted on 27/03/2006 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 27 March 2006 In the wake of last December’s rather unsatisfactory deal on the EU budget, it is not surprising that the Erasmus student exchange programme is being eyed up for cuts. This temptation should be resisted. Latest figures announced two... -
40 billion pounds
Posted on 08/02/2006 | No CommentsA debate this evening with Gerard Batten, a UKIP MEP for London. On the whole it went quite well (you can read my opening remarks here). One thing that was raised and which I didn’t get a chance to respond to (lack of time) was...
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