The European Commission isn’t winning many popularity contests at the moment. The Italians are furious, and the Dutch aren’t happy with it either. A recent Open Europe/Open Europe Berlin opinion poll showed that, out of 13 EU and national ins…
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MPs are today being asked to back the Government’s plan to opt-out of 133 EU crime and justice laws but opt back in to 35 of them, including the European Arrest Warrant. As we’ve pointed out before, opting back in means accepting full European Cour…
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July 10, 2013
Our Research Director Stephen Booth has written a piece for the Guardian’s Comment is Free section, where he argues:The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has announced that the UK will opt out of 133 EU criminal justice measures, using a “block opt-out” neg…
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2014 opt-out, Cameron, eu, European arrest warrant, jha, JHA opt-out, nick clegg, Theresa May, UK; |
Ken Clarke, as he is prone to doing, has let slip a morsel of information regarding the Government’s thinking on how to approach the 2014 EU crime and policing block opt-out, which, according to Theresa May last year, the Government is ‘minded’ t…
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October 15, 2012
Home Secretary Theresa May today indicated that, in the coming weeks or months, the Government will formally exercise its right to opt out of around 130 EU crime and policing laws. The list of laws subject to the block opt-out includes several contenti…
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Over on Conservative Home, we argue,Conservative Party conferences are too often overshadowed by Europe. This has, in the recent past, led the leadership to attempts to avoid discussion, clamp down on debate and hope nobody notices. Given the changes c…
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September 24, 2012
The Sunday Times yesterday claimed that David Cameron will soon announce that the UK government will repatriate some 100+ EU crime and policing laws. According to the paper, the announcement could come before the Corby by-election, expected to take pla…
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August 3, 2012
Over on Conservative Home, we argue, The Coalition has already done some good work on the EU, the ‘referendum lock’ and the recently launched ‘audit’ of the EU’s influence on the UK to name two. However, the constraints of coalition …
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britain in europe, Cameron, criminal justice, EU budget, EU regional policy, jha, repatriation of powers, structural funds, UK;, veto |
In today’s Telegraph, we argue,During Prohibition in America, the bootleggers and Baptists found themselves in an unholy alliance. One liked Prohibition for commercial reasons, the other backed it due to religious conviction. The alliance proved …
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2014 opt-out, banking union, britain in europe, david cameron, eea, financial regulation, germany, jha, norway, rules of origin, structrual funds, trade, working time directive |
February 7, 2012
Yesterday 102 Conservative MPs wrote to the Telegraph backing our latest report on EU crime and policing, which argues that the UK should take advantage of a one-off opportunity in 2014 to opt out of around 130 laws covering this area.Under a transitio…
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