By Richard Laming In the discussion about the future government of Europe, I want to offer a few remarks not on what the EU should do, but on what it […]
Which government for Europe? Some reflections on the idea of limited government Read More »
I write this from the closing session at the European Commission’s Plan D wrap-up conference, looking at the concluding remarks that were circulated. The Plan D project involved a series
Plan D – limits to Europe Read More »
Read an exchange in the Financial Times between Matthew Engel and Professor Tim Buthe, of the Center for European Studies, Duke University, North Carolina, on the way in which technical standards
Brussels’ glaring stupidity Read More »
A series of programmes on the BBC looks at democracy in practice, and includes an opinion poll conducted in 15 countries around the world. (Read the survey here.) Naturally, anything
Charles Grant of the CER writes, in today’s Financial Times, that “Federalism”, in the sense of centralisation for centralisation’s sake, is a declining force that is relevant in no more
Margaret Thatcher famously remarked that there is no such thing as society, only people and their families. Of course, she was wrong, as this blog remarked in the context of
A society of states Read More »
“And so the question arises whether Germany can still be referred to unconditionally as a parliamentary democracy at all, because the separation of powers as a fundamental constituting principle of
Roman Herzog and Lüder Gerken: is Germany a parliamentary democracy? (14/01/07) Read More »
Comparing Europe and America is all the rage right now: can Europe stand up to America, should it take a leading role, that kind of thing. Here is a different
Another comparison with America Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 19 May 2005 The fuss last week over whether Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström actually made those reported remarks about intergovernmentalism leading to war does not
Supranationalism is not a gaffe Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 16 March 2005 The revelation on Monday (14 March) that anti-globalisation campaigners Attac have received funding from the European Commission has provoked some criticism. I
Let Attac have their money Read More »
