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Latest Articles in 'Europe'
- We are all sceptics now - 22/11/2012An interesting debate unfolds about how Labour should square its support for the European Union with its criticism of many of the most important EU policies. Its recent support for...
- 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...
- If you’re not at the table, you’re part of the menu - 22/02/2012By Patrick Mc Nally Is it so radical? January 2012, another European Summit and yet another treaty. A treaty that Germany wants but the other 26 countries do not. The...
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.)...
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Shot by both sides
Posted on 01/12/2011 | No CommentsIt is always nice when a hunch gets confirmed by data, so thank you to Simon Hix of the LSE for a presentation earlier this week on coalitions within the European Union. We are continually having to fend off criticisms from the right and left... -
Reforms to party funding can strengthen local politics
Posted on 22/11/2011 | No CommentsThe report on funding for political parties published today outlines some interesting ideas for reforming the way that politics works in the United Kingdom, improving it in some ways but possibly making it worse in others. The direction of progress is revealed by the title... -
A German decision that sets back Europe
Posted on 11/11/2011 | No CommentsNews reaches me of a rather strange decision by the German constitutional court regarding the elections to the European Parliament. The ruling is forcing a change in the way in which Germany elects its MEPs. The decision is strange not because it is inconsistent with... -
The fate of political parties
Posted on 07/10/2011 | No CommentsAt the end of the political party conference season, it is time for a review of our political parties. There is dissatisfaction all round. Here is Peter Oborne, at the Conservative party conference for the Daily Telegraph: the failure to fill the seats in the... -
Parliaments and the European Union – Representative Democracy after the Lisbon Treaty (6 July 2011)
Posted on 15/06/2011 | 1 CommentParliaments and the European Union – Representative Democracy after the Lisbon Treaty 6 July 2011, 2pm – 6pm, followed by a reception Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB Programme: 13.45 – 14.00: Registration Session 1: The European Parliament 14.00 – 14.20: “The... -
The European federalists must intensify their actions
Posted on 02/07/2009 | No CommentsBy Michele Ciavarini Azzi, President UEF-Belgium A lot has been said and written on the results of the European elections. However, the election campaigns appear to have offered no real explanation to citizens on the important European issues. With a few exceptions, there was little or... -
Home truths about abroad
Posted on 01/07/2009 | 1 CommentThe judgment by the German constitutional court approving of the Lisbon treaty has been broadly welcomed by pro-Europeans in Germany. (See a commentary by Hans-Jürgen Schlamp on Speigel Online here.) One exception to this general rule, though, is that there has been some concern expressed... -
The Socialists should oppose the nomination of Barroso
Posted on 30/06/2009 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 30 June 2009 Commission president José Manuel Barroso’s campaign for re-election cleared its latest hurdle at the end of presidency European Council meeting earlier this month. Mr Barroso was unanimously, if provisionally, nominated by the assembled heads of state and... -
Who won the European elections?
Posted on 30/06/2009 | 1 CommentI have being trying to find out how the votes were cast in the European elections earlier this month. There is a provisional list of how the seats have been allocated (it can only be provisional until the new MEPs formally reconvene on 14 July)... -
The Jury Team is wrong about Europe
Posted on 19/03/2009 | 3 CommentsAs the European elections come closer, a new political movement enters the fray. Called the Jury Team, it intends to field self-styled independent candidates in each electoral constituency in the country. Presumably there is also the attraction that proportional representation offers to smaller parties, what...
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