It has been coming down the road for some time but what we once called the “Lisbon Treaty’s ticking time bomb” has finally gone off. The eurozone will now have a ‘Qualified Majority’ in the EU Council, meaning that any UK attempts at forming last minut…
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double QMV, EU council, European Council, Lisbon Treaty, QMV, voting weights |
October 24, 2014
Update 24/10/14 17.05:Outgoing Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has just given his press conference which frankly did not clear much up. Barroso insisted, as the Dutch position below does, that this payment demand is part of an annual adjustmen…
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2014-2020 EU budget, Cameron, EU budget, EU summit, European Council, european system of accounts, gdp, MFF, UK contributions, UK-EU relations |
There are a number of headlines today around the EU’s request for a further €2.1bn from the UK in terms of its contribution to the EU’s budget.Below we breakdown exactly how and why this has happened and what options the UK has now.How has this h…
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2014-2020 EU budget, Cameron, EU budget, EU summit, European Council, european system of accounts, gdp, MFF, UK contributions, UK-EU relations |
August 29, 2014
Herman waves goodbye to the European Council Presidency – who will succeed him?As we laid out in our flash analysis yesterday, the outcome of tomorrow’s EU ‘top jobs’ summit is looking increasingly predictable. Italian Prime Minister Mat…
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EU High Rep, EU summit, EU top jobs, European Council, horse-trading, Mogherini, Renzi, Tusk |
July 17, 2014
Yesterday’s European Council summit ended without an agreement on the remaining EU top jobs. However, something interesting still came out of the meeting.A socialist (and a woman?) for next EU foreign policy chiefEU leaders appear to have established t…
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EU top jobs, EUCO, European Council, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Merkel, Mogherini, Poland, Renzi, Tusk |
Tusk and Merkel “discuss the World Cup” ahead of today’s European Council summit (h/t Maciek Sokolowski)Yesterday, we reported that Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s bid to become the next EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs has…
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Cameron, central and eastern Europe, EU top jobs, EU-Russia relations, European Council, horse-trading, Merkel, Poland, Tusk |
As we’ve noted, the Juncker-hangover is already taking hold in parts of the German commentariat. In a hard-hitting piece, Lisa Nienhaus, the Economics Editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung argues that the EU “needs more Cameron, not les…
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angela merkel, anglo-german axis, Anglo-German relations, david cameron, European Council, european parliament, german media, Jean-Claude Juncker |
UPDATE (11:30am) – In a separate interview with Quotidiano Nazionale on Saturday, Mr Del Rio explicitly speaks of a “great victory” for Italy at the EU summit.Here’s the full quote:”The green light to flexibility is the great victory […] One needs to…
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EU fiscal rules, EU summit, EUCO, European Council, eurozone, flexibility, germany, italy, juncker, Merkel, Renzi, Stability and Growth Pact |
The UK suffered a major defeat this afternoon when it was outvoted over Juncker becoming the next president of the European Commission. However, this isn’t the end of the road for reform – not even close – but it certainly has strengthened the risk…
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britain in europe, Cameron, European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, Merkel |
June 25, 2014
As we anticipated on our blog last week, the discussion over Jean-Claude Juncker’s appointment as next European Commission President has in part turned into a debate over whether the EU’s fiscal rules – enshrined in the Stability and Growth Pact – shou…
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EU reform, EUCO, European Council, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Merkel, Renzi, Stability and Growth Pact |
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