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- No end to the controversy - 23/01/2013Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust and a former Member of the European Parliament, has commented as follows on Mr Cameron’s speech on Britain’s position in the European Union:...
- Prospects for a referendum on Europe - 15/01/2013Report on discussion at the Federal Union committee The prime minister will give his long-awaited speech on his new Europe policy this coming Friday. In it, he will announce a...
- Federal Union review of 2012 - 05/01/2013The most important outcome of the past 12 months is that the eurozone survived. The world was poised on the edge of a financial precipice at the beginning of last...
Latest Blog Entries
- Proved right on press regulation - 18/03/2013This blog has not expected to be proved right so quickly on press regulation, but that’s what happened today. At the end of last year, when the Leveson commission published...
- 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...
social Europe Archive
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The wrong conclusion on welfare reform
Posted on 24/01/2013 | No CommentsIn 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 cent of world welfare spending. This is a striking statistic but is it actually something... -
Can Europe avoid economic decline?
Posted on 30/11/2011 | No CommentsThe public sector strikers outside English schools, hospitals and government offices today are protesting not against government pension policies but against something much bigger. There are profound economic problems that need to be dealt with, and would need to be dealt with even if there... -
Strike!
Posted on 30/11/2011 | No CommentsTrade union leader Dave Prentis was on the radio this morning, while up to 2 million public sector workers are on strike protesting at cuts to their pensions, criticising the government’s approach to sorting out the public finances. Why should the poorest bear such a... -
The UK and EU employment and social policy (9 November 2011)
Posted on 19/10/2011 | No CommentsTHE COALITION AND EUROPE AFTER THE HONEYMOON 9 NOVEMBER - THE UK AND EU EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY MARY SUMNER HOUSE, TUFTON STREET, LONDON SW1P 3RB 2.00 – 5.30 pm followed by a drinks reception Held in conjunction with the Global Policy Institute and co-funded... -
Beyond austerity – where next for social Europe? (25 September 2011)
Posted on 24/08/2011 | No CommentsLabour Movement for Europe fringe meeting, in association with the European Movement and Brussels Labour. Venue: Blue, 17 Edward Pavilion, The Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AE Speakers include - Philip Cordery, General Secretary, Party of European Socialists - Linda McAvan MEP - Billy Hayes, TUC... -
Six pledges by David Cameron
Posted on 05/11/2009 | 2 CommentsThe speech by Conservative leader David Cameron yesterday dropped the previous commitment to a referendum on the Lisbon treaty and replaced it with six pledges that he aims to achieve in the course of the next parliament. (Read the speech here.) Arch-opponents of the EU... -
Constitutional affairs: fundamental rights and the Lisbon treaty
Posted on 09/04/2008 | No CommentsFundamental rights and the European Union Owen Tudor, Head of TUC European Union and International Relations Department, opened the discussion with a rather succinct and elegant description of the dilemma in which the European Union found itself: it was set up in the 1950s with... -
Children’s charities welcome the inclusion of children’s rights in the Treaty of Lisbon
Posted on 18/01/2008 | No CommentsChildren’s charities welcome the inclusion of children’s rights in the Treaty of Lisbon (or ‘Reform Treaty’). The Treaty is a significant step forward for efforts to protect children and promote their rights in the UK, across the Europe Union and beyond. We urge MPs and... -
Social Platform on the constitution
Posted on 13/12/2006 | No CommentsIn comparison with the existing Treaties, the Constitution has included new values, notably human dignity, equality, the rights of minorities and the characterization of the values upheld by the societies of the Member States (pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men)... -
European Anti-Poverty Network – analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the EU Constitutional Treaty
Posted on 20/11/2006 | No CommentsApril 2005 EAPN, at EU and national level, has argued in successive Treaty negotiations, for: Naming the eradication of poverty and the fight against social exclusion as Objectives of the Union Putting in place practical mechanisms to enable the EU to eradicate poverty An enforceable...
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