Below you can find a collection of our articles, posts and blog contributions. Use the tags and search function to help find what you are looking for
Popular tags
Britain and the EU democracy euro European constitution European foreign policy eurosceptics Federal Trust financial crisis history Lisbon treaty referendum on Europe rule of law
-
How the EU can communicate better
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 4 October 2006 The European Commission’s consultation on its communication policy is a landmark event. No longer can the Commission be accused of being a […]
-
Banging on about Europe
David Cameron, speaking at the start of the Tory party conference this week in Bournemouth, called for people to stop “banging on about Europe”. Sorry, David, that’s not really me. […]
-
When it comes to Vodka, the answer is clear
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 28 September 2006 I wrote in these pages earlier in the year about wine. Now I am going to move on to vodka. On another […]
-
Belt up
Where does European law come from and what is it for? This is something that is regularly debated and argued over in the abstract, as a theoretical notion. Here is […]
-
Civilisation
Just back from a weekend seminar in Switzerland, to mark the 60th anniversaries of Winston’s Churchill’s famous speech in Zurich (which you can read here) and of the adoption of […]
-
The European economy in 2046
Based on a speech by Richard Laming, member of the UEF Executive Bureau and Director of Federal Union, at the Hertenstein seminar, 23 September 2006. (Read this article as a […]
-
60 years of European federalism
“Between federal state and federation – historical foundation for the future of Europe?” – 22 – 24 September 2006, Zürich and Hertenstein (Switzerland) What is it about? 1946 was a […]
-
UEF welcomes success of the One Seat campaign reaching 1 million signatures
19 September 2006 “It costs European taxpayers approximately 200 million euros a year to move the Parliament between Brussels/Belgium and Strasbourg/France. As a citizen of the European Union, I want […]
-
Words are easy, actions are harder
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 19 September 2006 The political season resumes after the summer break with renewed discussions about what to do with the constitutional treaty. Ratification – and […]
-
Where next for the constitution?
An interesting discussion yesterday between Andrew Duff and Michael Moore, Liberal Democrat spokespeople on constitutional affairs in the European Parliament and foreign affairs in the House of Commons, respectively. (It […]