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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.)...
IMF Archive
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The IMF and the democratic deficit
Posted on 31/10/2012 | No CommentsAn enquiry comes in, referring back to a letter published in the Guardian in 2002 (read it here) on the lack of democracy in the IMF. Is that still true of the IMF now? Of course, in those days the IMF was a vehicle for... -
Federal Union review of 2011
Posted on 09/01/2012 | No CommentsLast year was dominated by the crisis in the eurozone. It dominated the debate about the future of European integration, obviously, but has also turned out to be a major influence both in the UK and around the world. Taking Europe first, it is absurd... -
No globalisation without representation
Posted on 22/11/2011 | No CommentsThat the protestors outside St Paul’s cathedral are critical of global capitalism should not be surprise. Doesn’t everybody object to the way in which what was effectively gambling in unregulated markets nearly brought down the financial system and has ground economic growth to a halt?... -
Fair shares at the IMF?
Posted on 27/06/2011 | No CommentsConservative MP and leading critic of the EU John Redwood has complained on his blog about the cost of participating in the IMF bailout for Greece. He does not think that the bailout is working and should not be pursued by anybody, but if other... -
The rights of citizens, the rights of nations
Posted on 02/06/2011 | No CommentsBarack Obama was widely praised for the declaration in his speech at Westminster Hall on 25 May that “we believe not simply in the rights of nations, we believe in the rights of citizens.” It sounds great, but is it really true? Here’s a test.... -
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: a bad tradition
Posted on 19/05/2011 | No CommentsThe resignation of French head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, over allegations of a sex attack in a New York hotel room has restarted the debate about who should be appointed to lead the international financial institutions. The tradition is that a European... -
In search of clarity
Posted on 05/04/2008 | No CommentsTwo interesting papers have been published by the left of centre think-tank Policy Network as part of its Progressive Governance conference, currently underway in London. The two papers – “Global challenges: accountability and effectiveness” by David Held and “From intervention to cooperation: reforming the IMF... -
Common positions would increase Europe’s influence
Posted on 11/06/2007 | No CommentsCommon positions would increase Europe’s influence – In the Financial Times By Stephany Griffith-Jones and Richard Jolly Published: June 11 2007 03:00 | Last updated: June 11 2007 03:00 From Prof Stephany Griffith-Jones and Prof Sir Richard Jolly. Sir, Wolfgang Munchau (“Sarkozy’s plans are bad... -
Why the IMF remains undemocratic
Posted on 18/07/2002 | No CommentsLetter published in The Guardian, Thursday 18 July 2002 Most concepts of democratic accountability include answering before a parliament representing the citizens. There is no such role within the IMF, or any global institution. No wonder so many are angry. The problem with globalisation is...
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