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As focus shifts to German coalition negotiations, who are the key players to watch?

September 23, 2013

After a surprisingly manic election night the focus in Germany now shifts to the tricky task of forming a government. As we noted yesterday, many options remain possible. Merkel looks unlikely to gain a majority on her own while the FDP and AfD are cer…

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CDU/CSU, coalition government, German 2013 federal election, german elections, grand coalition, Greens, Merkel, SPD

Open Europe predictions for the German election

September 20, 2013

Despite presenting a ubiquitous front on our blog, our team does often have varying views on the issues we cover. As on twitter, there has been a debate going on within the office about the ins and outs of the German elections – everything from “Veggie…

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AFD, CDU/CSU, coalition government, Die Linke, FDP, German 2013 federal election, german elections, grand coalition, Greens, SPD

The Coalition’s mid-term review on Europe: Bland and blander

January 8, 2013

Yesterday saw the publication of the Coalition’s ‘mid-term review’, the aim of which was to “take stock of progress in implementing the Coalition agreement” and to set out the government’s objectives for the remainder of its period of office. The Europ…

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britain in europe, coalition government, david cameron, Labour, nick clegg, treaty change

Could Europe be an unlikely area of consensus for the revamped Coalition 2.0?

August 13, 2012

Over on Liberal Democrat Voice’s the ‘Independent View’, we argue that:Following the bad blood within the coalition over the collapse of Lords reform and the constituency boundary review, there has been much speculation that the two parties will enact …

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CAP, coalition government, Conservative Europe policy, EU budget, EU regional policy, Lib Dems

Greek elections unlikely to yield any answers

May 4, 2012

The Greek elections are almost upon us. Much of the attention (including ours) has been focused on the French election, possibly rightly given the potential impact on the Franco-German axis and the austerity approach to the eurozone crisis. The lack of…

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bail-out, coalition government, crisis, EFSF, Elections, eurozone, Greece, imf, New Democracy, Pasok, restructuring, troika

Coalition all over the place on the eurozone

September 16, 2011

Irony alert.Ken Clarke – former UK Chancellor, now Justice Secretary in the Coalition – went on Newnsnight last night, taking a swipe at politicians in the eurozone and the US.Clarke said :”The main thing I take from this crisis is unfortunately the po…

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bailout, coalition government, eu, eurozone

Of Pots, Kettles and Lib Dem MEPs

July 5, 2011

Before we get going, let us qualify the following post by saying that the Lib Dem MEPs have been doing a reasonably good job, particularly in areas such as financial regulation and transparency. Unfortunately, they seem to have dug themselves into a bi…

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coalition government, Conservative Europe policy, Environment, eu, EU budget, Lib Dems

The political lesson from the Portuguese bail-out: don’t give up EU vetoes

April 11, 2011

Over on Conservative Home we argue that the main political lesson for the UK government from the Portuguese bail-out is don’t give up EU vetoes without thinking through all possible consquences. We argue:”And here’s the thing, the reason why the UK…

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bail-out, coalition government, emu, eu bill, euro