Thursday, April 30, 2015

Two cheers for Ukraine

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Despite recent progress, Ukraine remains militarily, politically and economically fragile. The EU needs to do more to help. There are plen...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Dead in the water: Fixing the EU’s failed approach to Mediterranean migrants

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Europe can no longer ignore the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean. If it wants to avoid the death of more refugees, it should fix its...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Vorsprung durch Grexit?

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The German political and bureaucratic class is preparing for Grexit, and thinks the risks are containable. Angela Merkel should resist this ...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Not in front of the MPs: Why can’t Parliament have a frank discussion about the EU?

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Britain’s Parliament does a poor job of examining EU business. Some simple reforms would improve the way that it scrutinises European legisl...
Friday, April 10, 2015

The slow dance between Minsk and Brussels

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The crisis in Ukraine is making Belarus more dependent on Russia. But it has also made the Belarusian leadership keener to balance its close...
Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Security in the age of austerity: You get what you pay for

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Europe’s neighbourhood is too dangerous for decisions on defence budgets to be left to austerity-minded finance ministers. The UK should set...

The low-hanging fruit of European capital markets

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The planned capital markets union in Europe faces many obstacles. Commissioner Hill was right to start with the lower-hanging fruit but it w...
Thursday, April 02, 2015

It’s the geopolitics, stupid: Why TTIP matters

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A transatlantic free-trade agreement offers geopolitical benefits for the EU and the West. Supporters of a deal should make this point to cl...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

A Marxist take on the 'Brexit' general election

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The ideas of Karl Marx suggest that Britain’s general election will not define the country's relationship with the EU. It is tempting ...
Wednesday, March 04, 2015

David Cameron, Janan Ganesh and renegotiating EU membership

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David Cameron is receiving a lot of advice on how to ‘renegotiate’ the terms of Britain’s EU membership, if he wins May’s general election. ...