No call for a general election
Gordon Brown seems to have weathered the storm over his leadership of the Labour party, which has a positive consequence for the future of the Lisbon treaty. (Or rather, it
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Lisbon treaty
26 and a half members
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 11 June 2009 It is hard to analyse the European election results so soon after they have been announced. Judgements might be influenced by the
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Conservative policy on Europe becomes clearer
For some time now, the Conservative policy on the Lisbon treaty is to hold a referendum on it if it is yet to come into force, but if it has
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Two arguments against having a referendum on the Lisbon treaty
I was asked to give a speech at a conference today, arguing the case against having a referendum on the Lisbon treaty. I’d rather have been asked to speak about
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What does the European Parliament do?
Following on from the interesting remarks by Vaclav Klaus reported in this blog yesterday, it is interesting to look at the Civitas factsheet on the European Parliament. (Civitas is a
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Reasons for the Socialists not to nominate a candidate for president
I’ve written a few articles lately on why the Socialists should nominate a candidate for president of the Commission in the run-up to the European elections this summer – here,
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Constitutional treaty or Lisbon treaty?
A question comes in from a subscriber to our e-mailings: What would Federal Union have preferred? The constitutional treaty or the Lisbon treaty? My answer is the constitutional treaty, definitely.
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Federal Union review of 2008
The annual review I wrote this time last year took as its theme the word relief. This year, we can even allow ourselves a little hope. The ratification process for
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A second Irish referendum
There are lots of reasons for doubting whether holding a second Irish referendum on the Lisbon treaty is a good idea, or whether it can be won, but it cannot
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What does the Manifesto Club propose instead?
A new publication denounces the European Union’s Brussels establishment (or perhaps that should read Establishment) for its contemptuous attitude towards the public. Bruno Waterfield and Chris Bickerton are critical of
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