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Friday, January 30, 2009

Commission looks into Icelandic insurance scheme

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A report in today's Guardian suggests that Iceland will be put on a fast track for EU membership in order to save the country from fina...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Tillack clashes with his accusers

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During our debate in Brussels on Tuesday , Stern journalist Hans-Martin Tillack made some very interesting comments worth flagging up here...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Curious eh

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The Mail's Mary Ellen Synon has the lowdown from last night's well-attended Open Europe meeting in Brussels on the EU communication ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Commission slander

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We're looking forward to a debate this evening in Brussels to look at the themes thrown up by our new book : "The hard sell: EU com...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Riots and euros

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As EUObserver reports, EU member states are "intensively" monitoring the risk of spreading civil unrest in Europe, as riots over ...
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Being frank

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Former Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar has made some fascinating comments in an interview with Le Figaro today. Echoing Irish EU Commissioner ...

Why should MEPs be different?

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Well done to Felicity Norman, Green Party MEP Candidate, for a good letter in the Birmingham Post today: Dear Editor, The U-turn by the Cons...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Considerations to bear in mind

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We had a feature on "Will the euro break up?" in both our outlook papers on " the EU in 2007 " and " the EU in 200...

EU C-Span?

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German daily Die Welt reports that the European Parliament has its own TV station, to be found here . More than 300 hours of broadcasting...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Travelling clowns (II)

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We have finally tracked down a full list of the names of MEPs who signed the Written Declaration backing one seat for the European Parliam...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

A mixed bag

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From CCHQ : Bad news: Ken Clarke is back Good news: Mark Francois, Shadow Minister for Europe, has been promoted to the Shadow Cabinet. Hop...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Travelling clowns

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According to reports , only 268 of the European Parliament's 785 MEPs have signed the declaration calling for an end to the 'travel...
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Uniting Europe step by step

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Random post, but in the middle of our research we've just come across the EU web page that summarises the Treaties. It's called ...
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Oops

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According to Europolitics, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek has let slip to the European Parliament that he thinks the Lisbon Treaty is ...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Labour elects new leader for Europe

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Gordon Brown has today welcomed the election of Glenis Willmott MEP as the new leader of the Labour Party in Europe. She will replace Gary T...

MEPs update

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Our sources in Strasbourg confirm that all UKIP MEPs have now signed the European Parliament Declaration calling for an end to the 'trav...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tick, tick, tick...

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MEPs have two days left to show their colours and sign a Written Declaration being circulated, which calls for an end to the ridiculous and ...

How to fill the blank?

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The Czech Presidency has unveiled a sculpture it commissioned to stand outside the Council building in Brussels. The installation piece is d...
Monday, January 12, 2009

Labour MP says Irish are "extremely arrogant"

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The lines are slowly being drawn in Ireland over the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. A new poll (of only 500 people) shows that 55 ...
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Friday, January 09, 2009

Big EU brother

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The Government has announced that from 15 March, the UK's internet service providers (ISPs) will have to start collecting and storing d...
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Call yourself a reformist MEP? Then get your finger out

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We've managed to get hold of a list of numbers of MEPs from each country and each political group which shows us how many have not yet s...
Thursday, January 08, 2009

Why is Britain Eurosceptic?

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Charles Grant makes a rather old-fashioned and out of date argument in his latest CER essay : "Why is Britain Eurosceptic?" In som...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

House of European Propaganda

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Just come across this very good piece by the Telegraph's Bruno Waterfield missed while we were away for the Christmas break. He writes t...
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Will MEPs vote to keep the circus travelling?

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The Parliament reports that only 235 MEPs have signed a written declaration calling for an end to the so-called “travelling circus” between...
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Monday, January 05, 2009

On neutrality

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An article in the Irish Times over Christmas has reminded us of a series of interesting pieces that appeared in the paper in November from D...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The hard sell: EU spends €2.4bn a year on propaganda

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If anyone fancies a bit of light (!) reading over the festive period, check out our new publication : "The hard sell: EU communication ...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Caroline loves the EU’s “common sense”

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In slightly less important news, the European Parliament has also voted to 'allow' Britain to keep its imperial measures and aband...

Who killed the opt-out?

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Well, it’s not dead quite yet, it's just that MEPs have beaten it to a pulp. The UK Government could in theory still save it during the...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Will they, won't they?

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Tomorrow a very important vote takes place in the European Parliament. MEPs are due to take a decision on whether or not Britain keeps its o...
Friday, December 12, 2008

No change

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The Irish Times reports that the conclusions from the Council meeting on the 'Irish situation' have been finalised. The conclusions ...
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