A report in the Evening Standard today on the precarious state of the coalition government, faced with health reforms, the AV referendum and much else. The National Health Service, in […]
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A fascinating article by development expert Owen Barder on the difficulties of winning the argument over foreign aid. It is frequently argued that providing development to the world’s poorest people
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An important paper by Guido Montani, presented to the Third Annual European Seminar on the Future of the European Union in Ventotene, 28-29 August 2010. The purpose of this paper
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A review of 2010 from the perspective of federalism must surely start with the difficulties in the eurozone. The creation of the euro was the most dramatic and substantial step
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I read that Google Books has created a searchable database of the words in its 5.2 million book digital archive, so I thought would check out “federalism” and “Federal Union”
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Saturday is a day of action by tax campaigners UK Uncut against companies that do not seem to be paying their fair share of tax. I have some reservations about
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Read an article by Sergio Pistone, professor of the history of international relations at the University of Turin, on the role of Altiero Spinelli in the unification of Europe. pistoneonspinelli
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Federalism is the political philosophy of the dispersal of power. It proposes the division of political power between levels and institutions of government to achieve the best combination of democracy
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“I would recommend to take the course of a gradual, increasingly profound, enhancement of the parliamentary and federal elements, rather than one founded on treaties among states and on institutions
One of the criticisms often thrown at the idea of a united Europe is not only that it would inevitably be undemocratic, but that it is intended to be undemocratic. This
