Extradition to the United States
A debate in the House of Commons last week revisited the issue of the extradition treaty with the United States, which is the cause of controversy every time a difficult
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Not just who but how
Claire Melamed, head of policy at ActionAid, writes in the Guardian today about the G8 summit to be held in Italy this week and whether it would be better if
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Odd position for a Eurosceptic
Further to the previous blog entry about the calls for a general election, I find this further example, from the House of Commons on 16 June: Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble
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The fate of declining communities
Jonathan Guthrie writes in the Financial Times about the problems faced by towns and cities once the economic reason for their prosperity goes into decline. Cities in the north of
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Home truths about abroad
The judgment by the German constitutional court approving of the Lisbon treaty has been broadly welcomed by pro-Europeans in Germany. (See a commentary by Hans-Jürgen Schlamp on Speigel Online here.)
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Who won the European elections?
I have being trying to find out how the votes were cast in the European elections earlier this month. There is a provisional list of how the seats have been
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Parliaments strengthened by the Lisbon treaty
Another hurdle in the ratification of the Lisbon treaty was overcome today with the judgment of the German constitutional court that it is not incompatible with the German Basic Law.
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Keynesianism and the environment
I was asked to give a short talk at a conference this weekend on environmental policy and the influence of Keynes. Now Keynes was a major, if not the major,
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Credit where it’s due
The Conservatives have now formed their new group in the European Parliament, having left the EPP to found the European Conservatives and Reformists, ECR. David Cameron has kept his campaign
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More powers for Brussels!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the European Union has too many powers. Politicians from across the political spectrum call for “reform” to reverse what they claim is an
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