October 31, 2014
David Cameron and George Osborne might be forgiven for thinking that when it comes the EU budget, it never rains, it pours. Fresh on the heels of the Commission’s explosive demand for an extra £1.7bn for this year’s EU budget, the ONS’ annual Pink Boo…
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2014-2020 EU budget, britain in europe, EU budget, UK rebate |
Update 11.50 30/10/14:Reuters is reporting that an EU spokesperson has said a deal is “very close” and talks will continue today, as we note below. As we also say below, a deal is still doable and likely, the question remains whether any form of EU pay…
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bailout, EU-Russia relations, gas, gas imports, gas supply, gas talks, imf, russia, sanctions, transit, Ukraine |
October 29, 2014
The European Commission has given France and Italy a preliminary nod through on their draft budgets for 2015. In a statement released yesterday evening, Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen said:”After taking into account all of the further informa…
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austerity, EU fiscal rules, European Commission, fiscal treaty, flexibility, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Katainen, Merkel, Renzi |
October 28, 2014
Cameron has promised to invoke the spirit of Thatcher over the EU budgetAs EU leaders were agreeing the final details of the EU’s new energy and climate change policies on Thursday evening, the FT’s Alex Barker dropped the bombshell that the UK had bee…
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britain in europe, Cameron, EU budget, EU budget rules, EU budget surcharge |
October 27, 2014
On this blog, we have been tracking Podemos, Spain’s six-month-old anti-establishment party, since its very first success in the European Parliament elections in May – when the party came from nowhere to secure five MEPs (see here and here). The rise o…
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anti-austerity, austerity, Iglesias, Podemos, Rajoy, Sanchez, Spain, Spanish elections, Spanish politics |
David Cameron has taken a very tough position on the EU budget surcharge, claiming that he “won’t pay” the £1.7bn the Commission has demanded from the UK by December 1 after concluding the UK had been underpaying into the budget relative to the size o…
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blocking minority, Cameron, EU budget, EU budget rules, italy, Netherlands, QMV |
In Britain, “Europe” as a political issue has pretty much gone mad over the last few weeks. There has been a lot of rhetoric, but where are we in terms of substance?Free movement: When asked about reports in UK media that David Cameron is consideri…
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Cameron, EU budget, EU reform, European arrest warrant, free movement |
October 24, 2014
Update 24/10/14 17.05:Outgoing Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has just given his press conference which frankly did not clear much up. Barroso insisted, as the Dutch position below does, that this payment demand is part of an annual adjustmen…
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2014-2020 EU budget, Cameron, EU budget, EU summit, European Council, european system of accounts, gdp, MFF, UK contributions, UK-EU relations |
There are a number of headlines today around the EU’s request for a further €2.1bn from the UK in terms of its contribution to the EU’s budget.Below we breakdown exactly how and why this has happened and what options the UK has now.How has this h…
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2014-2020 EU budget, Cameron, EU budget, EU summit, European Council, european system of accounts, gdp, MFF, UK contributions, UK-EU relations |
October 23, 2014
EU leaders are meeting today in Brussels to discuss the EU’s 2030 energy, environment and climate change framework which will likely involve some new targets for emissions reduction. You can find our full thoughts on the original Commission proposal …
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2020, 2030, carbon emissions, Climate Change, energy, energy prices, Environment, eu energy, renewables |
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