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Is this really the best EU leaders can come up with?

June 24, 2014

The continuing furore over whether Jean-Claude Juncker will this week be crowned European Commission President has diverted attention away from the important issue of what he, or whoever else eventually gets the job, will be expected to do. Like most o…

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The Dutch EU reform agenda – a primer

March 4, 2014

In previous we’ve described the Dutch as ‘thought leaders’ on EU reform. The Dutch Government’s ‘subsidiarity review’ and the Tweede Kamer’s report on the role of national parliaments, with its proposals for ‘red’, ‘green’ and ‘late’ cards, all spring …

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Is an EU referendum back on the Dutch agenda?

January 24, 2014

Thierry BaudetThis week, the Dutch Parliament held a debate on whether it is necessary to hold a referendum on transferring new powers to the European Union. The debate was triggered by a campaign, called “Citizen’s forum – EU” which managed to gather…

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The Dutch are emerging as Europe’s thought leaders on reform

November 15, 2013

The Dutch are quickly becoming Europe’s thought leaders on EU reform. The Dutch government’s “subsidiarity review” contained numerous interesting ideas for EU reform, the Dutch lower house, Tweede Kamer recently published a paper outlining key proposal…

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‘Green card’, ‘Late card’: Dutch parliament ups the ante in EU democracy debate

November 1, 2013

We already knew that the Dutch parliament is a legislature that takes ‘subsidiarity’ seriously. But now it has really come out swinging.In today’s press summary, we reported on a recently published position paper on the role of national parliament…

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Has the Dutch VVD moved further than the Tories on EU reform and return of EU powers?

September 19, 2013

In the Dutch Parliament earlier, the VVD (the party of the Dutch PM) EU spokesman Mark Verheijen said he thought EU treaty change was “inevitable” and what is more”when we want less Brussels in several domains, return whole policy areas, …

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The Dutch coalition is facing stormy waters

September 10, 2013

According to prominent pollster Dutch Maurice de Hond, just one year on from last year’s elections, the Dutch government coalition of the centre-right VVD and centre-left PvdA would lose more than half of its parliamentary seats if elections were …

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Boom! Merkel opens up for the return of powers from Brussels

August 14, 2013

Well, here’s an essential development for those of us who think reform in the EU – including “less Europe” – is fully possible. Speaking on an interview to Deutschlandfunk radio and Phoenix TV yesterday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel sa…

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Has Martin Schulz been receiving some good PR advice recently?

July 10, 2013

The EU institutions, and certainly the European Parliament, aren’t exactly world renowned for their PR skills. Today we can’t blame European Parliament president Martin Schulz for that – perhaps he has a new PR advisor?In an interview with Du…

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