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Ecological self-sufficiency
According to the New Economics Foundation, the UK goes into ecological debt to the rest of the world on Easter Sunday (16 April). From tomorrow onwards, the British are living […]
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A response to the Euston manifesto
My eye is drawn by the announcement in this week’s New Statesman of a new left-liberal grouping, based around the so-called Euston manifesto. (Read the manifesto here.) Before commenting on […]
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Plan F has lessons for Plan D
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 12 April 2006 Last week’s change of mind by the European Commission on the use of fluorinated gases in refrigeration and air conditioning will not […]
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Foreign voters
A novel feature of this weekend’s Italian election is the introduction of seats in parliament to represent expatriates. Twelve seats in the lower house and six in the upper house […]
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France is not a billiard ball
It’s hard to open a newspaper right now without coming across another article on the state of France. What is the future of the French republic? What about the French […]
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Lisbon in ruins
The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 was so terrible and destructive was felt, metaphorically, across Europe, causing many to doubt that God was really the guiding force behind history. The lamentable […]
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Give Europeans the right to roam
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 3 April 2006 The European Commission has announced an intention to cut the cost of using your mobile phone in another European country, reported by […]
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Infuriating
The farewell article by Bill Emmott, outgoing editor of the Economist, is the usual mixture of insight and infuriation. You can read it here. The insight lies in his welcome […]
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L is for liberalisation
A fine piece by Dan O’Brien in the Financial Times last Friday about economic liberalisation in the EU. You need a subscription to be able to read it on FT.com, […]
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Non à la précarité
No to insecurity. That’s what the banners say and the demonstrators in Paris are demanding. And it’s hard to disagree. Everyone wants a bit of certainty and a bit of […]