Will Iceland join the EU?
The latest general election has seen the pro-European Social Democrat party come to power. Many years of rule by the Independence party are now over. During that time, Iceland was […]
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All aboard the bandwagon
The debate about expenses in the House of Commons, not normally an issue that might fall within the scope of a federalist blog, has shone light on a different issue
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EU fishing policy to become more federal
The blog has observed before the problems facing the fishing industry. The ability of the fishing fleets to catch fish has been outstripping the ability of the marine environment to
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Who can join the euro?
Some interesting discussions at the weekend at a meeting of the UEF, Federal Union’s European parent body. Participants from all over Europe were gathering to talk about some of the
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Silence speaks louder than words
Former prime minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstat spoke at the launch of the Liberal campaign for the European elections yesterday. (Read a report on the launch here.) Euractiv reports him
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Pirates!
It is harder to enforce the law at sea than on land. The notions of territory and sovereignty are applied in a different way. There are two current news stories
Time is running out for a socialist candidate
At the campaign launch for the socialist European election manifesto in Brussels on 11 February, PES leader Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was pressed on whether there would be a socialist candidate
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G20: they came, they saw, they concurred
London has regularly played host to foreign leaders. From Julius Caesar onwards, the banks of the Thames have been visited by the same figures that bestride the world stage. The
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Competitive devaluation
Simon Heffer writes mournfully in the Daily Telegraph today of the prospects of the eurozone economy as the financial and economic crisis continues. As always, with Simon Heffer, his mournfulness
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Put People First: what does it all mean?
There is a march through the streets of London tomorrow, convened by a loose coalition of NGOs, churches and trade unions, under the banner of “Put people first”. They will
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