December 14, 2010
Open Europe has today published a briefing looking ahead to the EU summit this week, identifying the crucial, inevitable questions on the future of the eurozone that EU leaders have to find the answers to. The small problem that EU leaders are facing i…
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December 13, 2010
The Open Europe team must confess to have developed a certain fascination with Slovakia of late – a small country which hides a core of tenacity and strength, not least when bullied by outsiders.You certainly can’t accuse the political class in the cou…
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December 9, 2010
Tuesday night saw the Coalition government’s EU Bill sailing through a second reading in Parliament, without a vote. In truth, it wasn’t all plain sailing as several MPs – from across the aisle – fired at the Bill with various degrees of ferociousness….
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A couple of weeks ago, Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker politely suggested that “in Germany, the federal and local authorities are slowly losing sight of the European common good.” But after Berlin mercilessly slammed his beloved idea for a commo…
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December 7, 2010
The new government in Slovakia has come up with a great idea to avoid budget deficits.As AFP reports:”The more public money Slovak lawmakers spend, the less they will earn as of next year, under draft legislation adopted by the government on Wednesday …
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Here are some results from a fresh poll from Angus Reid on the attitude of British citizens to the EU (an online survey of a representative national sample of 2,002 British adults):In the event of a referendum on the UK’s EU membership, nearly half …
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December 3, 2010
You remember the non-existing Hungarian dog fitness centre which received €400,000 in EU subsidies? We highlighted the project at the top of our list of 50 examples of EU waste.Well, from the Hungarian press we now learn that the Hungarian Developme…
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accountability, EU budget, EU waste, European Commission, structural funds |
In case you missed them, here are a few of Open Europe’s appearances from this week – on three very topical issues:On Tuesday, Open Europe discussed the problems with the EU’s structural funds on BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programme. Listen to it here (wo…
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December 2, 2010
As fears of the sovereign debt crisis continues to haunt Europe, our series looking at reckless or clueless statements from politicians goes on. Today we turn to Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. In an interview with the Wall Stree…
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December 1, 2010
At a time when MEPs are trying to grasp every possible opportunity to extend their own powers (and give themselves more cash), it’s about time that national parliamentarians showed some assertiveness over EU decision-making – or they risk becoming …
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