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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. ...
- 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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separation of powers Archive
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Parliament First – a lesson for Europe
Posted on 20/05/2003 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 20 May 2003 A new pressure group launched last week in London raises lots of important questions about the future of democracy, both in the UK and across Europe. Parliament First has been set up by a group of MPs... -
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... -
Charles Handy on federalism
Posted on 09/02/1992 | No CommentsFederalism is an emotive word in Britain today. That is both silly and sad, because federalism, as a form of organisation, is becoming more and more relevant to every complex institution, be it of business or of government. The British have, historically, always been ambivalent...
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