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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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- 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...
- The end of the coalition - 14/05/2012The results of the voting that took place on 3 May surely spell the beginning of the end for Britain’s coalition government. (Read about the election results here.) I am...
- The case against Rupert Murdoch - 02/05/2012Passing judgement on Rupert Murdoch appears to be today’s fashion, and this blog is not one to shirk a challenge. His dislike of the EU is well-known, as are the...
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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... -
Who votes for the US president?
Posted on 29/09/2011 | No CommentsThis blog has reported previously on the American presidential election system and the way it represents the country unevenly, by starting the primary process in one small town in Iowa. There is controversy between California and Nevada about another uneven aspect, the way that the... -
All voters are not equal
Posted on 16/08/2011 | 2 CommentsOne of the basic ideas of federalism is that citizens of the federation all have equal rights, regardless of which member state they might live in. Their rights with respect to the state level might vary, each member state being entitled to decide its own... -
Thomas Paine, from “Rights of Man”
Posted on 14/08/2010 | No Comments“If there is a country in the world, where concord, according to common calculations, would be least expected, it is America. Made up, as it is, of people from different nations, accustomed to different forms and habits of government, speaking different languages, and more different... -
Fifty ways to kill recovery
Posted on 28/07/2009 | 1 CommentAn interesting article by James Surowiecki, author of “The Wisdom of Crowds”, in the New Yorker asks whether American federalism is hampering the ability of the United States to respond to the financial crisis and the recession that has followed. (Read the article here.) The... -
Greening America to green the world
Posted on 03/12/2008 | No CommentsBy Professor Satish Desai OBE, 3 December 2008 Introduction The world has experienced many unfortunate events, e.g. the World War II (WWII) that was perhaps the last serious event. WWII was the result of many circumstances, e.g. surging nationalism, protectionist policies and inability of the League... -
A round of beggar-my-neighbour will leave us all beggars
Posted on 07/10/2008 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in the Daily Telegraph, 7 October 2008 Sir, The fall in the London stock market after the unilateral German decision to guarantee bank deposits shows that whatever each country does will have an impact on neighbours. A round of beggar-my-neighbour will leave... -
How Europe takes financial decisions
Posted on 07/10/2008 | No CommentsThe Daily Telegraph kindly published a letter from me today on the unfolding financial crisis, but edited it so as to delete the main point I was trying to make. I was responding to an article by Janet Daley that criticised the secrecy of the... -
The Lisbon treaty v the American Constitution
Posted on 03/06/2008 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in The Times, 3 June 2008 Sir, In comparing the Lisbon treaty unfavourably with the US Constitution of 1787 (“Jefferson: a lesson for Europeans”, June 2), William Rees-Mogg is not comparing like with like. It is true that there are strong parallels,... -
Europe in 2020: what’s the prognosis?
Posted on 29/01/2007 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming It is not possible to talk about Europe in the year 2020 without first looking at the world as a whole. I think there are three trends on the global scene to point out. Interdependence The first is a rise in interdependence....
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