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  • Federal Union review of 2012

    The most important outcome of the past 12 months is that the eurozone survived.  The world was poised on the edge of a financial precipice at the beginning of last […]

  • Can David Cameron save the unions?

    The promise by the prime minister of a new policy on Europe to be outlined in a speech in January rules out most useful comment on the issue between now […]

  • Can the press be controlled?

    The proposals from the Leveson inquiry into the behaviour of the British press, which reported last month, include the call for a legal backstop to independent regulation.  The Press Complaints […]

  • Study tour to Brussels (9-12 April 2013)

    The European Atlantic Movement Study Tour for teachers, lecturers, students and other professional people. The party will visit the European Parliament, European Commission, Council of the European Union, UK Permanent […]

  • The UK and the eurozone (15 January 2013)

    2.00 – 5.30pm, followed by a reception – Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB This conference will be the third event in the current series “On the […]

  • On Governing Europe (10 January 2013)

    5.00 – 7.00pm – Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU We are today living through what may well be a process of refounding the European Union. Will this […]

  • 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 […]

  • Bringing sense to the EU budget debate

    David Cameron wants a freeze; the House of Commons has voted for a cut.  What should happen to the EU budget?  Opposition in the UK to the budget increase proposed […]

  • The forthcoming referendum in Scotland

    David Cameron and Alex Salmond agreed earlier this month the terms for the referendum on Scottish independence to be held in the autumn of 2014.  Federal Union has been asked […]

  • The IMF and the democratic deficit

    An enquiry comes in, referring back to a letter published in the Guardian in 2002 (read it here) on the lack of democracy in the IMF.  Is that still true […]

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