Over on Conservative Home Open Europe’s Christopher Howarth wrote the following article:Firstly, a disclaimer: Russia is 100 per cent responsible for its invasion of the Crimea, just as Germany a hundred years ago was for responsible for invading Belgi…
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Crimea, EU enlargement, European Neighbourhood Policy, free trade, russia, Ukraine |
February 24, 2014
Ukraine’s future is in the balance. It could move closer towards the EU, Russia or both at the same time. It could remain a unified state, split in two or conceivably be invaded by Russia. Here are some of the scenarios which we’ve ranked according t…
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February 17, 2014
Our Director Mats Persson writes on his Telegraph blog:The UK must be the first country, with the forthcoming Scottish and EU referenda, to simultaneously have an intense political debate about the difficulty or otherwise of both joining and leaving th…
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Alex Salmond, barroso, catalonia, enlargement, EU accession, EU enlargement, EU law, eu membership, euro, euro opt out, scotland, Scottish independence, Scottish referendum, Spain |
November 12, 2013
As we point out in today’s press summary, the German media is abuzz with reports that a proposal has been tabled in the on-going Grand Coalition talks between the CDU/CSU and SPD on encouraging more “direct democracy” via national referenda, includin…
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EU enlargement, EU referendum, german coalition negotiations, germany, referendum lock |
October 17, 2013
According to the Scotsman, Professor Dr Roland Vaubel, who is an adviser to Germany’s economics ministry, has written the following for the journal Economic Affairs:The opinion of the European Union institutions that Catalonia and Scotland…
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catalonia, EU enlargement, Independence referendum, scotland |
The SNP Scottish Government has today released its 16 page plan for independence in which it envisages an independent Scotland within the EU. The document does show they have attempted to address earlier criticisms and grapple with …
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January 8, 2013
Not that we ever intended to wade into this debate, but how various separatist/independence discussions interact with the EU treaties has always fascinated us. Which is why in January lastyear we wrote a piece entitled “Would EU law introduce…
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