December 2011 – Open Europe Blog

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Business support for Cameron’s EU veto loud and clear

December 23, 2011

Much was said about business’ opinion of Cameron’s EU veto in the immediate aftermath of this month’s summit but, now that the dust has settled, the picture is starting to become much clearer.Today, in a letter to the FT, orchestrated by Open Europe, 2…

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britain in europe, Cameron, EU summit, finance, financial regulation, financial transaction tax, FT, poll, sovereignty, veto

Ten lessons David Cameron needs to learn from the EU veto

December 22, 2011

Sir Humphrey it appears that “lessons need to be learnt” on how to negotiate EU TreatiesThe Coalition has itself admitted that “lessons need to be learnt”. We would agree.Open Europe has today published a new briefing setting out the ten lessons …

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britain in europe, Cameron, EU summit

The ECB’s bazooka?

December 21, 2011

This morning saw the first allotment of the new unlimited three year ECB loans – the much hyped mechanism that some hope will solve the eurozone crisis by actually providing cash to struggling eurozone banks with which they can then use to buy Portugue…

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crisis, ECB, emu, eurozone. bail-out, finance, franco-german axis, sovereign debt

Sarkozy’s outbursts reveal an insecurity

December 20, 2011

A reconstruction by the Financial Times of what happened at the EU summit on 9 December reveals that it wasn’t only a classic Franco-British dispute which raised the tensions of the discussions.The newspaper discloses that following French President Ni…

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denmark, France, Le Pen, presidential election, Sarkozy

The Battle for the heart and soul of the ECB

December 19, 2011

Open Europe has today published a briefing arguing that the ECB is unlikely to buy the hundreds of billions worth of government bonds required for it to properly backstop the eurozone, following an underwhelming agreement between EU leaders at the summ…

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Draghi, ECB, emu, euro, eurozone. bail-out, finance, France, franco-german axis, germany, sovereign debt

How will the UK judge the role of the ECJ?

December 16, 2011

A draft of the new European treaty proposed by France and Germany has been leaked and attention has immediately turned to the thorny issue of the role of the EU institutions in enforcing or policing the new deal – remember the UK’s line is broadly th…

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ECJ, eu, EU reform, EU summit, eu treaty, sovereignty, treaty change, UK media

Polarised Poles unite in fear of Franco-German run EU

December 15, 2011

Yesterday witnessed a heated and fractious debate (a former Foreign Minister walked out in protest) in the Polish Sejm concerning the conclusion of the Polish Presidency of the EU and last week’s EU summit. Polish PM Donald Tusk kicked off the procee…

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EU integration, European integration, franco-german axis, Poland, sovereignty

Wise Men Flee Europe…

H/T Eric Worall

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Why the 26 vs 1 narrative is simplistic (Part 2)

On Tuesday, we set out a country by country guide looking at the limited support in cabinets and parliaments around Europe for the main points of the deal agreed last week highlighting that the European match-up is far more complicated than “26 vs 1”. …

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britain in europe, Cameron, EU integration, European media, Merkel, Sarkozy

FrAAAnce misses the point…

For all those who think that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be sitting in the Élysée plotting some form of retaliation against Cameron, it has quickly become clear that he has much bigger things to worry about.Rumours have once again been flyi…

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credit rating, EFSF, emu, esm, eu, EU summit, eurozone. bail-out, France, germany

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