Thursday, August 21, 2014

Learning from Herman: A handbook for the European Council president

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When member-states reconvene on August 30th in Brussels to decide on the remaining top EU posts, they should agree on candidates who not on...
Monday, August 11, 2014

Boris Johnson, Gerard Lyons and policy-based evidence making

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The UK can only achieve serious reform if it is serious about leaving, and it can only be serious about leaving if it believes this is bet...
Friday, August 08, 2014

Dealing with Russia: Law, jaw and war

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It has been a bad few days for Vladimir Putin. That makes it a particularly dangerous time for Ukraine and for the rest of Europe. The EU ha...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The EU and an independent Scotland

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Scots living in Scotland vote on September 18th on whether to end their 300-year union with England. If they win, the nationalists aim for a...
Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Will the eurozone gang up on Britain?

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Both British eurosceptics and Britain’s continental critics believe some or all of the following: that the eurozone will have to integrate f...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014

The eurozone’s real interest rate problem

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When the UK was considering euro membership, former chancellor Gordon Brown suggested five criteria that needed to be met. The first, and ar...
Friday, June 27, 2014

The eurozone is no place for poor countries

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The economic rationale for poorer countries joining the eurozone was that it would hasten economic convergence between themselves and the ri...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Russia’s gas deal with China: Business is business

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Does Russia’s agreement to sell China gas worth $400 billion (€294 billion) over the next 30 years foreshadow a Sino-Russian special relatio...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Why the push to install Juncker is so damaging

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If Jean-Claude Juncker is crowned president of the European Commission, it will be a major blow to David Cameron. Britain’s prime minister m...
Friday, June 13, 2014

More investment, for Germany’s sake

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Germany, the biggest economy in Europe and, more importantly, in the eurozone, is being urged to invest more at home. Those that support gr...