August 29, 2012
A key question for the future institutional arrangement of the Eurozone is whether further integration will happen at the level of all 27 member states, within the framework of the EU treaties, or whether the Eurozone will simply press ahead with an
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Cameron, EU integration, eurozone, fiscal treaty, germany, leverage, treaty change |
August 9, 2012
For German speakers, this op-ed from Berthold Kohler – one of FAZ’s editors-in-chief – is definitely worth a read. We’ve translated the key bits below.Without lapsing into populism, Kohler nails the problem with the narrative pushed around by certain…
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democracy, EU integration, false dichotomy, german media, germany, localism, political union |
June 6, 2012
As leading UK politicians and commentators urge eurozone countries, above all Germany to take the plunge into a fully fledges fiscal and economic union (while firmly rejecting the UK’s participation), it seems they have failed to contend with quite h…
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britain in europe, democratic deficit, EU integration, Europe Says No, European media, germany, pro-european |
March 23, 2012
Earlier this week, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle held a meeting with a number of his European counterparts dedicated to ‘conceptualising’ the political composition of Europe after the crisis has passed and provide some though leadership.Ahe…
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data retention, EU integration, eurozone. bail-out, German Constitutional Court, germany, posted workers directive, westerwelle |
February 15, 2012
In our daily press summary this morning we covered an interesting Polish CBOS opinion poll which found that support for eurozone membership had fallen to an all time low: only 32% of respondents declared themselves in favour, compared with 60% against….
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December 15, 2011
Yesterday witnessed a heated and fractious debate (a former Foreign Minister walked out in protest) in the Polish Sejm concerning the conclusion of the Polish Presidency of the EU and last week’s EU summit. Polish PM Donald Tusk kicked off the procee…
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EU integration, European integration, franco-german axis, Poland, sovereignty |
On Tuesday, we set out a country by country guide looking at the limited support in cabinets and parliaments around Europe for the main points of the deal agreed last week highlighting that the European match-up is far more complicated than “26 vs 1”. …
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britain in europe, Cameron, EU integration, European media, Merkel, Sarkozy |
October 12, 2011
In a speech in the European Parliament today, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso noted that the “Future of single currency depends on closer integration of monetary and economic policy”. To illustrate exactly how much more EU integration he wants…
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June 2, 2011
Jean Claude-Trichet is reaching the end of his term as ECB President, which is probably the reason why felt able to say this today:”In this Union of tomorrow, or of the day after tomorrow, would it be too bold, in the economic field, with a single mark…
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bail-out, democratic deficit, ECB, emu, EU integration, trichet |
July 15, 2010
The public affairs firm Waggener Edstrom issued their first ever study of the influence of EU affairs blogs yesterday, ranking the Open Europe blog 7th overall.Here is the top ten:BBC | Gavin Hewitt’s EuropeFT Brussels BlogThe DiggerFistful of EurosJ…
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