The power of numbers
Philippe Legrain observes that 900 million Europeans, Americans and Japanese will not accept being outvoted by 1.3 billion Chinese (Books, 21 April). Has he stopped to wonder why 1.3 billion […]
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The Global Accountability Project
What is the GAP report? The One World Trust’s Global Accountability Report examines the accountability of intergovernmental organisations (IGOs), providing scores for their performance in two aspects of accountability: member
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Can competences be shared in the European Union?
Letter to Ferdinand Mount, columnist in the Sunday Times, 13 April 2003 I read with interest your piece in the Sunday Times today – I think there is more sense
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The slow death of national sovereignty
National sovereignty – the claim of a state (that is to say by its government) to be judge and jury in its own cause – has been an assumed right
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Federalism and national identity
By Richard Laming Concern about nationalism and national identity is the basis of the enduring debate about the future of the European Union today: given how stubbornly the countries of
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Federalism as a new political thinking
Notes for “Federalism as a new political thinking”, Ventotene, 2 September 2002, by Richard Laming Examples of rival forms of political thinking – Nationalists – people we are clearly opposed
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Your region: your choice – revitalising the English regions
A response by Federal Union to the government’s White Paper, 30 August 2002 SUMMARY OF RESPONSES References are to paragraphs of the Federal Union Paper A. Federal Union is of
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Why nation states are not obsolete
By John Roberts There is a myth abroad that the nation state is nowadays a paper tiger, its place as the rampant danger to peace and stability in the world
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Romano Prodi: “we need to find new solutions that take proper account of experience gained”
“For the Union of tomorrow, we need to find new solutions that take proper account of experience gained. In trade for instance, the Union already speaks with a single voice
Regional government in England
Questions from Chris Mason, freelance journalist, to Richard Laming, Director of Federal Union CM: How important a step are the Regional Development Agencies in the move towards elected regional assemblies?
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