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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...
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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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immigration and asylum policy Archive
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A common immigration policy?
Posted on 01/07/2011 | No CommentsAt the conference on “A Common Immigration Policy, Freedom of movement of EU Citizens within the EU Member States and the plight of the Roma Community” held at the Friends House, London on Friday 3 June 2011, 46 delegates from 11 EU member states supported... -
A Common European Immigration Policy : Free movement of EU citizens within all EU member states and the plight of the Roma community (3 June 2011)
Posted on 19/04/2011 | No CommentsFriday 3 June 2011 the European Multicultural Foundation in association with the Confederation of Indian Organisations (UK) will be holding an important conference on the theme: A common European immigration policy : free movement of EU citizens within all EU member states and the plight... -
Nonsense on asylum
Posted on 26/01/2010 | No CommentsTwo types of nonsense on display in the Daily Express today. The spark is a report that 124 illegal immigrants found on a beach in Corsica were set free by French judges rather than held in detention. It is thought likely by police and charity... -
Migration and diversity: creating a society that is at ease with itself
Posted on 03/11/2009 | No CommentsBy Keith Best Migration is a global phenomenon, whether it is people with portable skills taking them where they are needed or the forced migration perpetrated by persecution and economic deprivation. This needs a global response and is an issue very much for world federalists.... -
A new era for financial regulation
Posted on 20/03/2009 | No CommentsThe report published yesterday by Lord Turner, chair of the FSA, proposing a new approach to financial regulation has been widely hailed as a significant change. It outlines a new set of regulatory standards, but also a conceptual change, too. The idea was that markets... -
A humane and effective immigration and asylum policy
Posted on 05/06/2002 | No CommentsFederalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 4, 5 June 2002 Dear Members of the Convention Not a week goes by without further evidence of the desperation felt across Europe in the face of immigration. The new law in Denmark that comes into... -
Migration – an international phenomenon lacking a global response
Posted on 24/03/2002 | No CommentsAn axiom of world federalism is that decisions should be made locally, as close as possible to the people, and reserved upwards to a higher authority only if that is the appropriate level at which they should be taken: the principle of subsidiarity. Migration should...
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