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- No end to the controversy - 23/01/2013Brendan 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:...
- Prospects for a referendum on Europe - 15/01/2013Report 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...
- Federal Union review of 2012 - 05/01/2013The 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...
Latest Blog Entries
- Trade war over gambling - 30/01/2013International trade disputes often shine a light on odd behaviour, and the dispute between the United States and the tiny Caribbean island country Antigua and Barbuda is no exception. Originally...
- The wrong conclusion on welfare reform - 24/01/2013In his speech on Europe yesterday, David Cameron observed that Europe, with seven per cent of the world’s population and 25 per cent of world GDP, accounts for 50 per...
- The Speech - 23/01/2013So we have finally heard The Speech. David Cameron spoke this morning to outline what Conservative party policy on Europe would be after the next election. (Read the speech here.)...
euro Archive
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The forthcoming referendum in Scotland
Posted on 31/10/2012 | 1 CommentDavid Cameron and Alex Salmond agreed earlier this month the terms for the referendum on Scottish independence to be held in the autumn of 2014. Federal Union has been asked what it thinks. It would be outside the scope of this website to take view... -
How much fiscal integration does a stable Eurozone need? (29 November 2012)
Posted on 31/10/2012 | No CommentsA LSE European Institute – APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe panel discussion on ‘How much fiscal integration does a stable Eurozone need?’ on Thursday 29 November. Panelists: · Clemens Fuest is Research Director of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation and Professor of Business... -
The power of the markets
Posted on 14/09/2012 | No CommentsIt is 20 years ago that the UK fell out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism, an important anniversary for both pro-Europeans and their opponents. The opponents of course claim that the failure of the ERM shows that fixed exchange rates between countries are a bad... -
Taking into account human nature
Posted on 26/06/2012 | No CommentsA discussion last night lamenting what had happened to the euro with professional colleagues from some other European countries (these are people with no particular connection with the pro-European case). “A nice vision,” they said, “but it hasn’t been done well. These problems should have... -
Can the union be saved? Report on the Federal Union AGM
Posted on 19/03/2012 | 1 CommentFederal 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... -
Three threats to the euro still remain
Posted on 15/12/2011 | 1 CommentThe European Council meeting a week ago was convened with the aim of saving the euro. Agreement was reached at the meeting about a way forward for the EU, even if the UK (and perhaps some others) will not travel with the rest. But despite... -
A federal Europe in the making? (7 December 2011)
Posted on 18/11/2011 | No CommentsA Federal Europe in the Making? Europe 2020, the European Semester and the Euro Plus Pact – A Half-Day Conference Wednesday 7th December 2011, 09.45-14.00 The Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay Over the last 18 months the European Union and its Member States have faced unprecedented... -
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...
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