With reports that Germany is preparing to exclude EU migrants from social benefits for five years – we examine just how tough Berlin is really getting on EU ‘benefits tourism’.

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Posted by Nina Schick

With reports that Germany is preparing to exclude EU migrants from social benefits for five years – we examine just how tough Berlin is really getting on EU ‘benefits tourism’.

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Posted by Nina Schick

Last-ditch government talks between the King of Spain and political leaders have failed to yield any result, meaning that Spain will hold re-run elections at the end of June. Open Europe’s Vincenzo Scarpetta looks at how the main parties are shaping up and to what extent repeating the elections can help break the current political deadlock.

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Posted by Vincenzo Scarpetta

Last-ditch government talks between the King of Spain and political leaders have failed to yield any result, meaning that Spain will hold re-run elections at the end of June. Open Europe’s Vincenzo Scarpetta looks at how the main parties are shaping up and to what extent repeating the elections can help break the current political deadlock.

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Posted by Vincenzo Scarpetta

Home Secretary Theresa May used a recent speech in favour of EU membership to argue for UK withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Open Europe’s Stephen Booth considers the implications.

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Posted by Stephen Booth

Home Secretary Theresa May used a recent speech in favour of EU membership to argue for UK withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Open Europe’s Stephen Booth considers the implications.

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Posted by Stephen Booth

During a Treasury Select Committee hearing yesterday there was once again a discussion over the benefit and cost of EU regulation and specifically Open Europe’s assessment of them. There has been some confusion over our position so we will use this blog to clear it up.

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Posted by Raoul Ruparel

During a Treasury Select Committee hearing yesterday there was once again a discussion over the benefit and cost of EU regulation and specifically Open Europe’s assessment of them. There has been some confusion over our position so we will use this blog to clear it up.

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Posted by Raoul Ruparel

If the UK votes to stay in the EU in the upcoming referendum, it will need a vision and plan for its role within a changing EU. Open Europe has therefore teamed up with the Freedom Institute, a leading Polish think-tank, to set out a common British-Polish agenda for long-term EU reform in the event the UK remains an EU member.

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Posted by Pawel Swidlicki

If the UK votes to stay in the EU in the upcoming referendum, it will need a vision and plan for its role within a changing EU. Open Europe has therefore teamed up with the Freedom Institute, a leading Polish think-tank, to set out a common British-Polish agenda for long-term EU reform in the event the UK remains an EU member.

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Posted by Pawel Swidlicki