Thursday, November 13, 2014

IDS sets out broad strokes of reforms to EU free movement

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The Telegraph  has an interesting transcript of an Iain Duncan Smith interview with LBC Radio , which outlines the Government's current...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Juncker responds to Luxleaks tax scandal

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So Margrethe, about these Luxembourgian tax schemes... European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has just made an impromptu appe...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

What are the implications of today's ECJ ruling on EU migrants' access to benefits?

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As we've said on many occasions, it is not only the UK that is having problems reconciling EU free movement with maintaining control...
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Has the Conservative party dropped its commitment to renegotiate ECJ jurisdiction over crime and policing?

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Has Conservative policy towards ECJ  power over crime and policing changed? The chaos of yesterday's 'vote' or 'non vot...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

The UK government is desperate to strengthen the role of national Parliaments in Europe - but can't get its own house in order

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The Government - particularly the Tory wing of it - talks a very good game on the urgent need to strengthen the role of national parliamen...
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Are MPs actually being given a vote on the European Arrest Warrant?

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Today it is widely reported that MPs will vote on the Government's plans to opt back into the European Arrest Warrant. In fact reading t...
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Catalonia's symbolic independence referendum: What it means and why it would be wrong to ignore it

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UPDATE (1:00pm) - As promised, here's an update on the results of Catalonia's symbolic independence referendum now that all votes h...
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Friday, November 07, 2014

The £1.7bn question (Part II) - What are other EU finance ministers saying?

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Here's a round-up of comments from other EU finance ministers about the UK's £1.7bn EU budget surcharge and the deal struck at tod...
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The £1.7bn question - who's right: Osborne, Farage or the European Commission?

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Below we give a blow by blow breakdown of what George Osborne did or did not secure at today’s EU finance ministers meeting. This basically ...
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Thursday, November 06, 2014

Germany's Bundestag votes in favour of stricter benefits rules for EU migrants

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The German Bundestag today approved changes to the country’s Immigration Act which are meant to prevent the abuse of EU free movement. This...
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On EU Crime and Policing the UK lost an opportunity to negotiate a new deal

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Open Europe's Christopher Howarth wrote the following article for the Telegraph . For more information as to the UK's crime and poli...
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