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The EU, Eurozone and Britain – the calm before the storm? (10 December 2013)
Speakers: Janis Emmanouilidis, Director of Studies, European Policy Centre Megan Green, Chief Economist, Maverick Intelligence Mats Persson, Director, Open Europe Dominic Raab, Conservative Member of Parliament, and member of the […]
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The unwelcome ‘other’: the litmus-test of the Roma (3 December 2013)
The 35th Corbishley Lecture will be given by Dr Michael Privot (Director of ENAR – European Network Against Racism, Brussels) “The unwelcome ‘other’: are there limits to integration of European […]
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Grant Shapps’ feelings
The latest stage in the saga of British departure from the European Union is struck today by Tory party chairman, Grant Shapps MP. The Tory plan is to put into […]
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A candidate for president
Martin Schulz, an MEP from Germany, has been nominated by the socialists as their candidate for president of the European Commission. The European Parliament will hold its next elections in […]
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Activists in 54 cities in six continents take action for a global parliament
* As UN democratic legitimacy shattered – people take to the streets in 27 countries. 1000 Parliamentarians worldwide as well as UN Independent expert on the subject Alfred de Zayas […]
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Imagining global democracy
An interesting discussion last night about the idea of a world parliament. If democracy is a fundamental principle of how government should take decisions, which this website thinks it is, […]
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How much does a war cost?
A previous post on this blog investigated how it was worth to Britain that it was no longer at risk of fighting a world war against Germany. For all the […]
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The wrong protest about fracking
Green MP for Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas writes in the Guardian today about being arrested for protesting against a fracking development in rural Sussex. Fracking is a new technology enabling […]
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What makes Britain British?
A last word, I hope, on the row about the Daily Mail’s published attack on Ralph Miliband, the late father of Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour party. A previous […]
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After the German elections
The Federal Union committee discussed the prospects for reform of the eurozone institutions and policies now that the German elections have taken place. Much useful discussion was suspended pending the […]