December 18, 2014
Open Europe has moved. We are revamping and massively upgrading our digital presence to become even better. Enjoy our new website, where it will be easier for you to consume, share and engage.You’ll find our Blog in our new Open Europe Today cha…
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November 11, 2014
Has Conservative policy towards ECJ power over crime and policing changed?The chaos of yesterday’s ‘vote’ or ‘non vote’ on the European Arrest Warrant has obscured a number of things. Not only have the 10 actual measures been waved through, withou…
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#EUReform, chris grayling, EAW, ECJ, European arrest warrant, JHA opt-out, Theresa May |
September 23, 2014
Labour leader Ed Miliband addressed his party conference in Manchester this afternoon. While the focus was on ‘togetherness’, the NHS and his various encounters with members of the public with useful bits for his speech, there were a couple of…
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#EUReform, Ed Miliband, energy, EU referendum, Labour, labour eu policy, party conference |
If you read our press summary this morning (if not, do sign up!) you would have seen – before anyone else outside Germany incidentally – that Lord Hill, the UK’s nominee for EU Commissioner, is already at risk of becoming a victim of an …
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#EUReform, Ed Miliband, EU top jobs, European Commission, Labour, Lord Hill, Martin Schulz |
Speaking in the European Parliament, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has just outlined the priorities of Italy’s rotating EU Presidency. It is no secret that Renzi would like to see a ‘United States of Europe’ – and today he made much of the need f…
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June 27, 2014
We have been following the post-summit press conferences of EU leaders. Here is a round-up of the highlights, starting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel: MOST IMPORTANT POINTS FROM #MERKEL #EUCO PRESSER: (1/3) “Ever closer union” does not mean one-…
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#EUReform, Cameron, EUCO, european parliament, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Merkel, Poland, Renzi, spitzenkandidaten, Tusk, UK; |
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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#EUReform, britain in europe, dutch subsidiarity review, EU reform, European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, juncker, TTIP |
May 30, 2014
The latest intervention by one of Europe’s most important politicians shows that, in the wake of the shock European elections result over the weekend, Europe’s leaders are waking up to smell the coffee.Writing a guest piece for Die Welt, Germany’s Fi…
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#EUReform, anglo-german axis, comtpe, germany, schauble, subsidiarity |
The European Parliament elections have dealt a blow to Spain’s traditional two-party system. Together, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular (PP) and the opposition Socialist Party (PSOE) won 49% of votes. In 2009, their combined score was 80….
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#EUReform, EP elections, EP2014, Five Star Movement, Grillo, Podemos, Rajoy, Rubalcaba, Spain |
Three days ahead of the European Parliament elections in France, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written a bombshell piece on Europe for French weekly Le Point and German daily Die Welt – calling for “at least half” of current EU powers to …
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#EUReform, david cameron, EP elections, EP2014, EU reform, EU renegotiation, France, repatriation, Sarkozy |
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