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The SNP embraces EU reform – but is it trying to have it both ways on treaty change?

August 20, 2014

Ahead of next month’s crucial Scottish independence referendum, the Scottish government has put out its own paper on EU reform, designed to position the SNP on the pro-reform as opposed to the status quo side of the debate. The report has generated ver…

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democratic deficit, EU red tape, EU reform, localism, scotland, Scottish independence, SNP, subsidiarity

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CSU calls for devolution of EU powers and new subsidiarity safeguards

December 29, 2013

Der Spiegel this morning reports that the CSU has started an “anti-Brussels election campaign” citing an internal CSU strategy paper which will form the basis of the party’s campaign for the 2014 European elections entitled “Europas Zukunft: Freiheit, …

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CSU, devolution of EU powers, EU reform, germany, localism, repatriation of powers, subsidiarity

9%, 43%, 50%, 60%, 84%: How many domestic laws are linked to EU law? The case of Sweden

November 4, 2013

It’s up there with the origins of the universe as one of the great existential questions of our time (well…): how many national laws stem from Brussels?European Commissioner Viviane Reding – who does what she can to turn people against the EU – recen…

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accountability, cost of EU regulation, democratic deficit, EU law, EU regulation, European Commission, laws originating in EU, localism, national parliaments, Sweden, UKIP, Viviane Reding

This is welcome stuff: David Lidington says national parliaments could be given a ‘red card’ over EU proposals

May 17, 2013

National Parliaments’ should be allowed to show the EU the red cardThis is an idea that’s very close to our hearts – and an idea that we have promoted for a very long time.The first bits of UK Europe Minister David Lidington’s interview with German dai…

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bundestag, commission, commons, democracy, democratic deficit, EU reform, germany, localism, Monti II, national parliaments, red card, yellow card

The view from Sweden: Barroso is making it more difficult to be pro-EU

September 21, 2012

This is spot-on.Sara Skyttedal, vice-president of the Youth wing of the European People’s Party – the pan-EU party Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso belongs to – has a blistering piece in today’s Svenska Dagbladet. She take…

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banking union, barroso, democracy, EPP, European federalism, eurozone, localism, Sweden

The choice facing Europe: Conformity or Diversity?

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

So what do Lib Dem voters really think about Europe?

March 16, 2012

Over on Lib Dem Voice’s ‘Independent View’ we’ve published a guest post looking at the what the party’s voters and members really think about the UK and Europe, and how we think the leadership ought to respond:In the polarised and often exaggerated UK …

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britain in europe, EU reform, Lib Dems, localism, UK media

Max Hastings: "I was wrong" about the EU

September 13, 2011

In today’s Daily Mail, Max Hastings makes a self-described recantation of his formerly “pro-European” stance:”After much agonising and hesitation, I adopt the conclusion that many of you probably reached years ago: that the EU in its present form has b…

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EU reform, EU regulation, localism, pro-european, subsidiarity

Go local

September 12, 2011

Today we publish a report, written by ex-head of Policy Exchange Anthony Browne and our Director Mats Persson, suggesting a fresh EU strategy for the UK government – European localism. In yesterday’s Sunday Times, we trailed the piece, arguing:”closer …

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commons, ECJ, EU reform, European Commission, jha, localism, MPs, subsidiarity

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