Representing Scotland
A marvellous report on the BBC today that the Scottish Executive is being sidelined in the making of UK policy at European level. (Read the report here.) Of course, such […]
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Council of Ministers
Not enough openness in the Council, yet
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 14 July 2006 The broadcast of the ECOFIN meeting live on the web yesterday (Tuesday 11 July) was a welcome innovation in transparency within the
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Efficiency agenda for Union of 25
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 31 December 2003 Sir, In discussing the consequences of enlargement on the European Union’s marathon negotiating sessions, Tobias Buck neglects to mention the
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Double majority voting is the only sensible way to cast votes in the Council of Ministers
Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 15, 27 November 2003 Double majority voting is the only sensible way to cast votes in the Council of Ministers The
Europe needs a democratic and efficient legislative process
A Federal Union paper for the European constitutional convention The European Parliament should have co-decision making powers on all legislation and the budget The Council should meet as an assembly,
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Simplicity is a virtue
Federalist Letter to the European Constitutional Convention Issue number 5, 3 October 2002 Dear Members of the Convention In the European political process, simplicity is a virtue. Just because one
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Controlling Europe’s “Ministocracy”
The Challenge for the 1996 IGC – a briefing from the European Movement The institutions of the European Union are in many ways well structured: designed to co-ordinate, propose, pass
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