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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Campaign to devolve EU regional policy gathers momentum

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Last Friday, the Parliamentary Select Committee for Communities and Local Government 's inquiry into the European Regional Development F...
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Berlusconi's comeback: What could it mean for Italy's future in the eurozone?

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In today's City AM , we argue : The jubilant chanting and cork-popping in Rome last November now looks premature. In a sensational U-t...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

Bad news for Italy and Spain from the IMF

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The IMF released a few new reports on the global economy today and a raft of new data. There is plenty of interesting stuff in there which w...
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Lack of clarity plagues the Spanish government

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Once again the lack of clarity coming out of the Spanish government has resulted in it getting a bashing by the press over the past few d...
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Spain: A busy week draws to an end

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Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager yesterday debated the Spanish bank bailout with MPs. Among other background documents, the Dutch fi...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Karlsruhe factor, Part IV

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Throughout the eurozone crisis, we have often highlighted the gap between the kind of ‘shock and awe’ decisions expected by financial marke...
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A successful ECB adjustment? Not exactly...

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A very technical post, so we apologise in advance, but there is an interesting debate going on regarding the ECB’s decision to cut its depo...

Open Europe wins Prospect’s International Affairs think tank of the year

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Open Europe won Prospect  magazine’s 'Think Tank of the Year' in the International Affairs category Tuesday night, from a shortlist ...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

A triumph for European Parliamentary scrutiny?

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As the only directly elected component of the EU machine, taxpayers and citizens have a right to expect that MEPs will stand up for their ...
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Britain should not ape Norway - but new EU membership terms are fully possible

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In today's Telegraph , we argue , During Prohibition in America, the bootleggers and Baptists found themselves in an unholy all...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

An intense Eurogroup meeting for Spain

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As expected, yesterday's was an intense Eurogroup meeting for Spain, with several key issues on the table. Here's a summary of wha...
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Monday, July 09, 2012

What a difference the question makes

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Today's YouGov/ Sun poll provides fascinating reading. When asked "Do you think David Cameron should or should not set out a t...
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Friday, July 06, 2012

The Greek government and the Troika - not quite the stand of the 300

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How would you feel right now if you were a government ‘swing’ voter in Greece? Following its very first meeting with the EU/IMF/ECB troi...
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Why Germany just got more nervous about the prospect of the UK leaving the EU

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Following last week's EU summit, we were struck by how the ambush by France, Italy and Spain demonstrated in practice how a closely in...
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Credit where its due: EU Patent office is a good deal for British and EU businesses

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The creation of an EU patent office, somewhat overshadowed by the latest twist on the eurozone crisis rollercoaster, was one positive piec...
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Thursday, July 05, 2012

How many German economists does it take to change a banking union?

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The discontent in Germany following the decisions reached at last week's EU summit continues to grow. This morning, a coalition of 160...
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Where does the ESM stand?

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Keeping track of the European bailout funds is hard enough, let alone trying to figure out when the changeover between the two largest ones,...
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Suggested reading material for the Commission

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Bearing in mind that it is often said that someone's choice of newspapers reflects their particular political prejudices, the details ...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Is Britain the new model for Europe to follow?

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Today's op-ed by Alan Posener in Die Welt caught our attention as it is among one of the most positive pieces about the UK's place...
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The Conservative Party should drop its short-sighted support for Euro Fiscal Federalism

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Open Europe's Christopher Howarth has written the following article for the website Conservative Home Following interventions by David...
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Monday, July 02, 2012

Finland and Netherlands raise doubts over summit conclusions

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As we expected , doubts are already arising over the package agreed at last week’s summit. In particular, Finland and the Netherlands have t...
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A summit plus for Greece?

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Given that Greece lacked any real political presence at last week’s EU summit, discussions on the crisis in Athens were fairly minimal an...
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