Do Ed Balls and Ed Miliband see eye-to-eye on the EU?Anyone following Labour’s election campaign up until now would be forgiven for thinking the party was fighting a general election as opposed to a European one – any references to Europe were hard to …
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access to benefits, britain in europe, ed balls, Ed Miliband, EU reform, in/out referendum, labour eu policy, red card |
March 17, 2014
What do David Cameron’s seven EU reform commitments mean?Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, David Cameron set out seven objectives – or eight if you read between the lines – for a Conservative EU reform agenda ahead of that potentia…
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#EUReform, david cameron, deregulation, EU budget, EU red tape, EU referendum, EU regional policy, red card, TTIP, yellow card |
March 4, 2014
In previous we’ve described the Dutch as ‘thought leaders’ on EU reform. The Dutch Government’s ‘subsidiarity review’ and the Tweede Kamer’s report on the role of national parliaments, with its proposals for ‘red’, ‘green’ and ‘late’ cards, all spring …
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britain in europe, dutch subsidiarity review, EU reform, eu reform conference, European Commission, green card, late card, national parliaments, red card, subsidiarity, The Netherlands |
January 13, 2014
Advocates of ‘Out’ of the EU or the ‘Status Quo’, are fond of saying that EU reform is impossible – it suits their respective cases. They are wrong. Reform is possible, but will not happen on its own, reformers in the UK need to go out there and w…
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EU budget, EU financial regulation, eu fisheries, EU reform, eu reform conference, Maria Damanaki, national parliaments, Rachida Dati, red card, services liberalisation, subsidiarity |
November 28, 2013
While all eyes are on EU free movement and EU migrant’s rights to welfare access, the Commission has put out its response to the ‘yellow card’ shown by national parliaments with respect to its proposal for a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) -…
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commission, EPPO, EU reform, national parliaments, red card, yellow card |
November 15, 2013
The Dutch are quickly becoming Europe’s thought leaders on EU reform. The Dutch government’s “subsidiarity review” contained numerous interesting ideas for EU reform, the Dutch lower house, Tweede Kamer recently published a paper outlining key proposal…
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October 29, 2013
The European Commission has just been shown its second ever ‘yellow card’. Remember, this is the provision introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, stating that if one third or more national parliaments object to an EU proposal on subsidiarity grounds (wi…
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EPPO, European Commission, European Public Prosecutor, Monti II, red card, subsidiarity, yellow card |
October 21, 2013
Who should represent the UK in the EU, MPs or the Government?The Hansard Society’s recent collection of essays included many good proposals on how to improve Westminster’s scrutiny of EU business. We have already commented on who did not have…
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ESC, EU reform, eu scrutiny, european scrutiny, Gisela Stuart, red card, Scrutiny committee |
Who should represent the UK in the EU, MPs or the Government?The Hansard Society’s recent collection of essays included many good proposals on how to improve Westminster’s scrutiny of EU business. We have already commented on who did not have…
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bill cash, ESC, EU reform, eu scrutiny, european scrutiny, Gisela Stuart, red card, Scrutiny committee |
Who cares about EU scrutiny?The Hansard Society has today published a collection of essays on improving the current scrutiny of EU legislation in the UK Parliament – well worth a read. Open Europe’s Christopher Howarth contributed an essay&nb…
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democracy, democratic deficit, eu scrutiny, european scrutiny, europhile, eurosceptic, national parliaments, red card |
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