Federal Union review of the decade
In the spirit of the usual Federal Union reviews of the year, let us cast our minds back 10 years to see how federalism has fared over the course of […]
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Federal Union review of 2009
Two events compete with each other to be the most important achievement of 2009. Each in its own way is a little underwhelming, but each might turn out to carry
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Is Britain losing its influence in Europe?
Letter in the Daily Mail, 8 December 2009 Peter Oborne says Britain’s economic influence in Europe “is less than at any time in the last two decades” (Mail) – but
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Supranational issues
By Richard Laming Published in the Spectator, 28 November 2009 Sir: Your cover story (“How the Tories can still win in Europe”, 14 November) quotes Liam Fox saying: “We can
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Let’s reduce the cost of Europe
EUOBSERVER / COMMENT – Back in the 1980s, an important piece of research by Paolo Cecchini looked at the benefits that would be gained by creating the single market, dubbed
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Writing history
By Richard Laming EUOBSERVER / COMMENT – Czech president Vaclav Klaus wants to write his name in the history books. But is he choosing to make the right kind of
Need for global rules
By Richard Laming Published in The Daily Telegraph, 4 October 2009 SIR – Janet Daley (Comment, September 27) is correct to warn of the problems posed by global governance but
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Building European democracy
By Richard Laming EUOBSERVER / COMMENT – You can tell a lot about a political system from the buildings it erects to house its decision-makers. They provide a literally concrete
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Barroso deserves to be re-elected
By Richard Laming EUOBSERVER / COMMENT – If all goes according to schedule, Jose Manuel Barroso will be confirmed in office this week for a second term as president of
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Letter to Her Majesty The Queen
Her Majesty The Queen Buckingham Palace London SW1A 1AA 19 August 2009 Madam Your Majesty will have received a letter from the British Academy of 22 July 2009 opening an
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