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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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multi-level democracy Archive
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Two points about Afghanistan
Posted on 11/11/2009 | 2 CommentsGeorge W Bush won the 2000 presidential election arguing that America should turn away from the nation-building efforts that had characterised Bill Clinton’s foreign policy and focus more narrowly on specifically American interests around the world. His immediate focus was China, which he saw as... -
The two meanings of federal
Posted on 14/05/2009 | No CommentsHow many times do we hear in British politics that federalism in Europe means centralisation? That a federal Europe would continue to accrete power after power away from the member states? That the costs and bureaucracy would grow and continue to grow if the EU... -
What’s in a name
Posted on 30/05/2007 | 1 CommentInteresting to see that the new Scottish Nationalist administration in Edinburgh has adopted the term “government” to describe itself. The previous Labour administration was always coy about the term: it used the phrase “Scottish Executive” instead. I noticed the difference in the statements by new... -
A warped sense of priorities over EU
Posted on 28/04/2003 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 28 April 2003 Sir, Denis MacShane (“Europe should forget the federalist papers”, April 23) is performing the old vaudeville trick of accusing your critics of something they don’t actually support. I think I can speak for the federalists... -
Federalism and national identity
Posted on 26/02/2003 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Concern about nationalism and national identity is the basis of the enduring debate about the future of the European Union today: given how stubbornly the countries of Europe cling to the idea of Europe in the face of all kinds of pressure... -
The necessary regional presence in the European Union: the case of the Balearic Islands
Posted on 08/04/2002 | No CommentsBy Pere Sampol i Mas First of all, I would like to welcome you to the Balearic Islands, a small country located in the Mediterranean Europe which has been a reception and cohabitation place for different regions, cultures and languages, but it has not lost...
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