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Wednesday, December 04, 2013

UK shifts renewables subsidies offshore

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Change in direction in UK wind subsidies? The BBC reported this morning an interesting development in UK energy policy. The UK governme...
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Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Gaming Europe's Future: First Ever Simulation of negotiations that could shape UK's European future

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The year is 2017. It's time to negotiate! Will Britain achieve a new settlement in the EU, and if not, on what terms would it leave? T...
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Monday, December 02, 2013

A revealing portrait of UK voters' scepticism about the EU

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A cross-border poll by Opinium , due to be launched tomorrow, of voters in the UK, France, Germany and Poland, as well as British business e...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

EU immigration and the impact of the eurozone crisis

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It has been a big news week for immigration. And today the ONS has published its latest migration figures, which shows that net migration t...
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What's the best place to publish an ECB letter setting out your country's economic policies?

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Former Spanish Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has upset quite a few people after he included the letter he received...
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Commission's dismissal of national parliaments' concerns over EPPO shows why a red card is needed

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While all eyes are on EU free movement and EU migrant's rights to welfare access, the Commission has put out its response to the ...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

German coalition echoes UK concerns on EU migration and access to benefits

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The German coalition agreemen t - whose Europe-section you will, as of yesterday, already be aware of if you read our daily press summary ...
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Will the European Commission challenge Cameron's crack-down on EU migrants’ access to benefits?

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We have just published a new flash analysis looking at David Cameron's plans to c hange the rules on EU migrants' access to benefit...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

An independent Scotland's forthcoming EU negotiations

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The SNP has today published its White Paper on an independent Scotland. Amongst its other analysis it sets out a strategy towards the EU...
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EXCLUSIVE: First translation of draft German Grand Coalition agreement

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We have seen a first draft of the German coalition government agreement (the final agreement is expected tomorrow), courtesy of Green pol...
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Monday, November 25, 2013

Open Europe offers you a date with the future: what can the UK achieve in talks over its EU membership terms?

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Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when EU leaders negotiate the EU's future? Well, Open Europe is offering you a front row ...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Eurozone reform contracts take shape - and they include "fiscal transfers"

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As we have predicted numerous times  - as recently as in our previous blog post - ‘reform contracts’ in the eurozone could well become the...
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A hint as to what a eurozone grand bargain could look like?

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German coalition talks are dragging on, but we may have got a hint as to what a grand bargain between the eurozone north and south might l...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

ECB debate comes full circle back to QE again - but substantial obstacles remain

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As with many things in the eurozone crisis, we have now come full circle in the discussion of one part of ECB policy – the prospect of Quant...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

As discussions stall, leaked docs show divergent plans for bank bail-in and resolution from EU institutions

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The Times’ Juliet Samuel has an interesting story today looking at the progress on bank bail-in rules and resolution funds at the EU level...
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Open Europe Chairman Lord Leach: The single market must be the EU's primary mission

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Open Europe Chairman Lord Leach of Fairford writes in the Sunday Times :  In the 1990s, the process of eliminating trade barriers between ...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

The Dutch are emerging as Europe's thought leaders on reform

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The Dutch are quickly becoming Europe's thought leaders on EU reform. The Dutch government's "subsidiarity review" contai...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Reviewing Germany's surplus

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As expected, the European Commission today announced a review into Germany’s current account surplus under its Macroeconomic Imbalance Proc...
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German business magazine welcomes OE initiative: “Finally - protests from business!”

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Leading German journalist and author Bettina Röhl has written a long op-ed for Germany's leading financial magazine Wirtschafts Woche...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Historic EU budget cut one step closer, but still plenty of scope to reform how it is spent

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Following a reported 16 hour marathon negotiation, representatives from member states, the European Commission and the European Parliament ...
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This could be huge: Germany’s fledgling coalition considers its own “referendum lock”

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As we point out in today’s press summary , the German media is abuzz with reports that a proposal has been tabled in the on-going Grand Coal...
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Mind the counterfactual

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As we've argued before, whenever anyone makes a claim about the cost or benefits of the EU, look out for the counterfactual - i.e what...
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