At a meeting today, a fine story was told that illustrates the problem of Europe very well. The actor Timothy Spall was asked about his acting style, and answered that
Nothing matters until it’s personal Read More »
I was asked yesterday about whether Tony Blair might be a suitable candidate to become the first ever elected president of the European Council. The post is created in the
Blair for president? Read More »
A blog post by my good friend Daniel Hannan proposes the partition of Kosovo as a means of avoiding war. Read it here. He makes it all sound so easy,
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The discussion following foreign secretary David Miliband’s speech in Bruges on 15 November was all about the prime minister’s intervention in the text. In case you missed it, the version
Who wants to be a superpower? Read More »
This blog commented previously on the funding difficulties faced by the EU’s Galileo project – one of the private sector funders pulled out and critical questions are now, properly, being
Why should the EU run a satellite system? Read More »
A report published yesterday by the House of Commons Transport Committee on “Galileo: Recent Developments” has been widely reported because of its criticisms of the project’s cost-effectiveness. (You can find
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On this day, 18 years ago, the Berlin Wall was finally breached. Today, the new Europe finally comes of age. And how things have changed. In the last 18 years,
The new Europe comes of age Read More »
The far-right Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament appears to be on the verge of breaking up because of comments made by an Italian MEP, Alessandra Mussolini, about
Turmoil on the far right Read More »
In a further development of the Conservative idea of English votes for English laws idea, Tory MP Sir Malcolm Rifkind is now toying with the notion of an English Grand
An English Grand Committee won’t work Read More »
It is one thing to note how the Saudi king can be invited to make a state visit; it is a different question as to whether he should be. If
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