Justice Minister Chris Grayling has today announced that a new Conservative Government could pull Britain out of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg unless it secures Council of Europe agreement that the UK Parliament has the final say ove…
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Our Director Mats Persson writes on his Telegraph blog:In a recent Sunday Telegraph article that received surprisingly little attention at the time, David Cameron came close to setting out a “shopping list” of what he wants to change in Europe. He …
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benefits, democratic deficit, ECHR, EU budget, EU migration, EU referendum, EU reform, EU regulation, EU structural funds, EU treaty change, renegotiation, repatriation, single market liberalisation |
January 30, 2014
We shouldn’t fear a robust debate about Europe – whether in Europe as a whole, domestically or within individual political parties. It’s called democracy.This week’s Westminster news cycle has been dominated by Tory splits and rebellions (again). The…
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britain in europe, ECHR, ECtHR, human rights, immigration, Tory rebels, Westminster |
January 12, 2012
A detailed report, written by veteran Parliamentary legal researcher Robert Broardhurst, and commissioned by a group of backbench Conservative MPs including Chris Heaton-Harris MP and Andrea Leadsom MP, has called for action on the European Court of Hu…
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August 1, 2011
It’s always interesting to observe instances when those who try to occupy the high ground on Europe, claiming to know the facts about the EU, get the facts wrong. Here’s an example:Over on his Guardian blog, Roy Greenslade – a professor of journalism a…
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charter, ECHR, ECJ, human rights, media |
February 17, 2011
It looks like the UK is not the only country where the confusing and expanding powers of the European Court of Human Rights and EU’s European Court of Justice are testing nerves.Marc Bossuyt, the President of Belgian Constitutional Court, has, for the …
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February 14, 2011
Parliament’s stance against the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights to give prisoners a vote has again inspired UK commentators to take a closer look at ‘Europe’.The right of prisoners to vote is an ECHR issue – not an EU one (the ECHR…
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coalition govenrment, ECHR, media, parliament, prisoners vote |
With MPs debating voting rights for prisoners tomorrow, there has been plenty of media attention focussed on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). But what does this have to do with the EU?Despite the often repeated misconception, the ECHR and the…
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