The most visited Wikipedia page from Brussels IP addresses today will be Lord Hill’s – the UK’s European Commissioner nominee. Lord Hill is currently the leader of the House of Lords.We have previously argued that David Cameron should “send forth to Br…
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When it comes to EU top jobs, if you snooze you lose, as Gordon Brown discovered to his cost in 2009In a new briefing published this morning we argue that after the row over Jean-Claude Juncker’s appointment, David Cameron can regain the initiative b…
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Cameron, competition policy, energy, EU High Rep, EU top jobs, European Commission, Financial Services, Gordon Brown, internal market, Jean-Claude Juncker, shale gas, trade, TTIP |
January 24, 2012
In a weighty new report published today we take a critical look at the EU’s structural funds which are the means through which the EU implements its regional policy. We estimate that over the course of the current 7 year EU budget, the UK will pay in…
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coalition govenrment, EU reform, EU regional policy, Gordon Brown, structural funds |
May 19, 2011
Usually mild mannered Swedish politicians have certainly displayed an unusual willingness to communicate strong opinions on European political issues of late. After some forthright comments on twitter from foreign minister Carl Bildt on Lybia recently,…
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April 16, 2010
Although Europe has been seemingly neutralised as an election issue, and the main political parties have reached a rather settled position on the Lisbon Treaty, it does not give them license to play fast and loose with the facts of what the Treaty mean…
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