November 28, 2013
It has been a big news week for immigration. And today the ONS has published its latest migration figures, which shows that net migration to the UK has risen slightly year on year. The focus is understandably on the latest net migration figure, because…
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Former Spanish Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has upset quite a few people after he included the letter he received from the ECB and the Bank of Spain in August 2011 in his recently published memoirs. Though bits and pieces of …
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ECB, italy, Rajoy, Spain, Spanish bailout, Spanish deficit, trichet, zapatero |
While all eyes are on EU free movement and EU migrant’s rights to welfare access, the Commission has put out its response to the ‘yellow card’ shown by national parliaments with respect to its proposal for a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) -…
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commission, EPPO, EU reform, national parliaments, red card, yellow card |
The German coalition agreement – whose Europe-section you will, as of yesterday, already be aware of if you read our daily press summary (sign up!) – also contains some interesting points on the rules around EU free movement and access to benefits. In …
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access to benefits, Cameron, EU free movement, EU reform, german grand coalition |
We have just published a new flash analysis looking at David Cameron’s plans to change the rules on EU migrants’ access to benefits.Here’s a handy table (click to enlarge) summarising the key proposals, and whether they are likely to be deemed legal by…
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access to benefits, benefits, Bulgaria, david cameron, EU migration, European Commission, laszlo andor, Romania |
November 26, 2013
The SNP has today published its White Paper on an independent Scotland. Amongst its other analysis it sets out a strategy towards the EU. It has always been clear that if Scotland votes for independence there will need to be a negotiation with the…
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euro opt out, Independence referendum, JHA opt-out, schengen, scotland, UK rebate |
We have seen a first draft of the German coalition government agreement (the final agreement is expected tomorrow), courtesy of Green politician Malte Spitz who published the draft on his blog late yesterday evening.The German media has begun delving i…
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banking union, Bundestagswahl, CDU/CSU, esm, eurozone, german elections, grand coalition, groko, reform contracts, SPD |
November 25, 2013
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when EU leaders negotiate the EU’s future? Well, Open Europe is offering you a front row seat at a simulation of what will arguably be the biggest negotiation round of them all: Will the UK will stay in the …
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britain in europe, EU reform, Open Europe war game, renegotiation, UK-EU relations |
As we have predicted numerous times – as recently as in our previous blog post – ‘reform contracts’ in the eurozone could well become the next thing. As a recap, these are agreements where one country commits to a series of structural ref…
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commission, economic government, European Semester, eurozone, reform contracts, structural reform |
German coalition talks are dragging on, but we may have got a hint as to what a grand bargain between the eurozone north and south might look like, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel again appearing to open up for an EU Treaty cha…
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deficit, Dijsselbloem, EU treaty change, European Commission, Eurozone grand bargain, Lisbon Treaty, Merkel, reform contracts, structural reform |
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