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Europe needs a policy of energy
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 3 May 2006 Those were strong words from Polish defence minister Radek Sikorski at the weekend, comparing the proposed new pipeline between Russia and Germany […]
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Liberal nationalism
Daniel Hannan, a Conservative MEP, wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph yesterday advocating “liberal nationalism”. You can read it here. This is my reply. Liberal nationalism is a contradiction […]
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Who is a European citizen?
By John Parry Introduction The American constitution, which is arguably the most frequently cited federalist model, asserts that “All persons born or naturalised in the United States and subject to […]
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Time for a New Global Architecture
By Stephen S. Roach, 24 April 2006 The world has avoided a major financial crisis for more than seven years. This is due more to luck than design. With oil prices […]
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The great illusion
Chinese president Hu Jintao will visit the United States this week, to meet George W Bush. What will they find to talk about? President Bush, after all, is a self-styled […]
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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 […]