Europe gives Scotland another chance
Interesting that the EU referendum on 23 June gives a new lease of life to the case for Scottish independence. It was Europe that was the cause of its failure […]
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Can MPs vote against article 50?
Being played out in court at the moment is a case regarding the powers of parliament. Does the government have the constitutional right to trigger British departure from the EU
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See you in court
I am having difficulty explaining to people from other countries what’s going on in the High Court at the moment. There is a case brought by Gina Miller, a fund
Europe and the people: Examining the EU’s democratic legitimacy (26 October 2016)
In the wake of the British vote to leave the EU, this conference will examine concerns across Europe around the democratic legitimacy of EU institutions and the European project as
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On leaving the European Union
If I had to pick a period of time to be out of politics for various personal reasons, I couldn’t really have chosen a worse few years than those just
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Must Britain leave the EU?
The Federal Union committee met on 26 September, for the first time after the referendum on 23 June, to take stock. The result of the vote had been a shock,
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Why do people vote?
The theory that underpins modern economics is the idea that people act rationally. Their actions will be based on an analysis of the information available to them and they will
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The next president of the European Commission
The primaries are starting for the next European elections. Most, if not all, of the main European party groups intend to nominate their candidates for president of the European Commission,
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How can national parliaments exert influence in the EU?
Labour eurosceptic MP Gisela Stuart convened an interesting debate in Westminster Hall on 16 July about the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative system. Her speech focused on
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We are all sceptics now
An interesting debate unfolds about how Labour should square its support for the European Union with its criticism of many of the most important EU policies. Its recent support for
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