Monday, October 14, 2013

EU 'welfare tourism' is not a big problem but that doesn't mean existing safeguards should be removed

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The Sunday Telegraph 's front page story about a study commissioned by the European Commission into EU migrants and access to welfare h...
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Friday, October 11, 2013

What's happening in Germany? An update on the coalition negotiations

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Which way will Angela Merkel choose? A quick update on the German coalition government negotiations. There has been a lot of posturing...
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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Is the scrutiny of EU legislation only the preserve of the EU-critical?

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Who cares about EU scrutiny? The Hansard Society has today published a  collection of essays on improving the current scrutiny of EU ...
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Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Row alert: Germany and the Commission clash head on over EU migration

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The European Commission isn't winning many popularity contests at the moment . The Italians are furious, and the Dutch aren't happ...
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Behind the rhetoric is Clegg preparing the ground for accepting an EU referendum?

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  Nick Clegg in a speech today sheds some light on his party's Europe policy and more specifically on his thoughts on an in/out ref...
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Monday, October 07, 2013

Richard Benyon set an example for how to achieve EU reform and decentralisation

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As part of the latest cabinet reshuffle, Richard Benyon is leaving his post as UK Fisheries Minister: As he returns to the backbenches,...
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Friday, October 04, 2013

Berlusconi virtually out of Italian parliament, but clearly not yet out of Italian politics

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The Italian Senate's Immunities Committee has recommended that Silvio Berlusconi be ousted from parliament as a result of his recent ...
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Handelsblatt asks, "Where is the inflation?"

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That’s today’s front page of German daily Handelsblatt, with the headline asking “Where is the inflation?” A stark reminder of what rema...
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Are the Irish more optimistic about an austerity cure for Europe than the Germans?

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A new Gallup poll for Debating Europe has asked peple all over the EU, except Luxembourg for some reason, about their views on austerity. ...
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The war on EU red tape: Will this time be any different?

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The headlines above speak for themselves. From time to time, the European Commission makes an announcement that it wil...
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Thursday, October 03, 2013

Why Barroso’s pessimism about achieving EU decentralisation is sort of irrelevant

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The Open Europe team is back from the UK party conferences and, when it comes to the UK’s attempt to reach a new settlement in Europe, by ...
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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Italian PM Letta survives key confidence vote: What's next for Italy?

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What looked like an imminent political crisis has just been defused in Italy. As we anticipated in our previous posts (see here and here ...
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Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Things looking rosier for Italian PM Letta, as Berlusconi faces potential mutiny

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As we argued in our post yesterday , it was "not unrealistic" for Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta to win tomorrow's vote...
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Monday, September 30, 2013

Italy plunged into fresh political turmoil: End of the line for PM Letta?

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UPDATE (18:15) - Silvio Berlusconi has just come out of a meeting with MPs and Senators from his party. According to reports in the Italia...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Almost a third of Austrians set to vote for anti-euro parties

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Chancellor Werner Faymann (R) & Frank Stronach (L) Hot on Germany’s heels, Austria is up with its national electi...
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