By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 18 October 2006 I wrote last week in these pages about how the Common Agricultural Policy was first set up to encourage enough production, but
Reform of the CAP needs reform of the constitution Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 27 March 2006 In the wake of last December’s rather unsatisfactory deal on the EU budget, it is not surprising that the Erasmus student exchange
In defence of the Erasmus scheme Read More »
A debate this evening with Gerard Batten, a UKIP MEP for London. On the whole it went quite well (you can read my opening remarks here). One thing that was
Why my bank statements come in through the post, I always read them carefully to check up on what has been going on – did I really spend that, I
Statements on the budget Read More »
Pat Cox, former MEP and former president of the European Parliament, was today elected president of the European Movement International. He takes over from Jose Maria Gil-Robles, and gave an
Research questions received from a student, with responses from Richard Laming, Director of Federal Union 1. Do you agree that the current UK rebate from the European Union undermines community
The future of the EU budget Read More »
By Nina Fishman The Editor Financial Times 22 June 2005 Dear Sir, Martin Wolf claimed recently that the FT is the European newspaper, read by the political leaders throughout the
This is no crisis, not by European standards Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 14 June 2005 In the aftermath of the French and Dutch referendums, nothing can be taken at face value in the EU. The debate about
All in this together Read More »