An abuse of the constitution
An attempt to undermine the parliamentary process is underway today. A court case has been brought by a eurosceptic to overturn the decision of the House of Commons to ratify […]
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Voluntary cooperation
The fact that the Lisbon treaty is currently going through parliament has given Eurosceptics a new opportunity to object to the fact that the EU is based on supranational institutions
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The retention of the veto
A rather clumsy statement in the House of Commons today by Gisela Stuart, opponent of the Lisbon treaty, on the subject of the location of the European Parliament. It is
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European guilt
I was at a talk today about the history of the state of Israel – this year marks 60 years since it was founded – and I asked about the
A fashionable delusion about biofuels
Interesting that Open Europe, the anti-European campaign group, has published a report criticising the EU policy on biofuels. Read a summary of the report here and the whole report here.
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The people of Europe deserve to decide for themselves
The hypocrisy and absurdity of the anti-Europeans just keeps on growing. In the European Parliament yesterday, protesting at the signing of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, UKIP leader Nigel Farage
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What sort of human rights do we have?
After the protest about the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the European Parliament today, Conservative and anti-European MEP Roger Helmer asks, on his blog, “What sort of human rights do
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Turmoil on the far right
The far-right Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament appears to be on the verge of breaking up because of comments made by an Italian MEP, Alessandra Mussolini, about
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Crisis in Belgium?
The Eurosceptic press has been delighting lately in the Belgian political crisis, in which no new government has been established since the general election back in June. Speculation is growing
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What do the referendum campaigners really want?
By Richard Laming EUOBSERVER / COMMENT – Has anyone else noticed how odd it is that the people who normally complain the most that the EU is obsessed with
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