Thursday, July 10, 2014

Has the ECB backed German ‘reform contracts’ for the eurozone?

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In a speech in London yesterday, ECB President Mario Draghi issued a call for new eurozone rules on structural reform. He discussed it at...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Why Cameron needs to make a swift decision on the UK's next EU Commissioner

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In a recent briefing, we stressed that David Cameron needs to pick a 'heavy-hitter' as UK's next European Commissioner if he ...
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Out of the euro but run by the euro? The UK & ECB prepare to lock horns at the ECJ in what could be the most important case yet...

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Could euro clearing be moved from the City to the eurozone? Tomorrow will see the first hearing of the next in the line of important UK...
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Juncker: The next Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner will be a Socialist

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UPDATE (14:15) - One possibility we have not considered in our original blog post is that European Commission portfolios can change. They...
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Friday, July 04, 2014

European Parliament committees: more secret ballots and backroom deals?

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EU democracy at work? The European Parliament has announced the composition of its Committees, with MEP groups hard at work negotiating ...
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Flexibility and sloppy translations: Could the discussion on EU fiscal rules still endanger Juncker's election?

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The Bundesbank attacks Renzi: "He tells us what to do" . This is today's front page headline of Italian daily La Repubblica...

Ukraine update – Russian sanctions come to the fore again

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We’ve been overdue an update on the situation in Ukraine. Over the past few weeks, as anyone following the news will have seen, the situat...
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Thursday, July 03, 2014

Which Commission post should the UK push for (clue: not energy)?

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When it comes to EU top jobs, if you snooze you lose, as Gordon Brown discovered to his cost in 2009 In a new briefing published this mo...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Renzi highlights Europe's 'UK problem'...or UK's 'Europe problem'

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Speaking in the European Parliament, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has just outlined the priorities of Italy's rotating EU Presi...
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If Carlsberg did consolation prizes for 'losing' a 'Presidential' election...

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Advocates of Pan-European Democracy, foremost among them the Socialist's 'Spitzenkandidat' Martin Schulz MEP wished to turn t...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Handelsblatt: Britain a key driver of EU Reform

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Britain: The critical voice of reason? We've been monitoring how the British Europe debate is being received across the continent th...
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Sarkozy held in custody: A blow to his mooted comeback and a gift to Le Pen?

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Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning by the French judicial police this morning, over allegations of influence-peddling ( tra...
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Would Cameron have been able to block Juncker if the Tories were members of the EPP?

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No major party in the UK backed Jean-Claude Juncker, or any other 'Spitzenkandidat'. It is therefore fair to say that the UK elect...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

Is Cameron the greatest pro-European of all EU heads of state and government?

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As we've noted, the Juncker-hangover is already taking hold in parts of the German commentariat. In a hard-hitting piece , Lisa Nienhau...
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After the row: is Germany bringing the flowers and chocolate?

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The dust from last Friday's extraordinary EU summit - the first at which an EU leader was actively outvoted over the appointment of ...
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Will there be a post-Juncker Brexit bounce?

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The Mail on Sunday had the first poll (by Survation) following David Cameron’s summit defeat over Juncker’s appointment as European Commi...

Italy claims "great victory" over "looser" eurozone fiscal rules

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UPDATE (11:30am) - In a separate interview with Quotidiano Nazionale on Saturday, Mr Del Rio explicitly speaks of a "great victory...
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Friday, June 27, 2014

The Juncker row: Were there any concessions to the UK and what happens next?

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The UK suffered a major defeat this afternoon when it was outvoted over Juncker becoming the next president of the European Commission. Howe...
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