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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. ...
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- 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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local government Archive
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Opening for the Olympics
Posted on 20/03/2012 | No CommentsThe government has trailed in the news the idea that the restrictions on Sunday opening for large shops should be relaxed for an eight week period over the summer at the time of the Olympics. (Read about it here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116909/London-2012-Olympics-Shop-opening-laws-Sundays-eased-The-Games.html) It intends to propose it... -
Federalism as relevant as ever
Posted on 21/12/2006 | No CommentsBy Terry Bishop Federal Union was founded over 60 years ago to foster debate on the issues concerned with federalism. Today these issues are as relevant as ever, as the United Kingdom considers both the relationship of Westminster to Brussels and the questions raised by... -
Federalism in the UK
Posted on 01/03/2001 | No CommentsBy Sir Anthony Meyer For the past year Federal Union has been the British member of the UEF, and its aims are, as they always have been, those of the UEF, that is to say the promotion of a European Union closely integrated on federal...



