We reported only a few days ago that UKIP’s EFDD group in the European Parliament collapsed after a Latvian MEP resigned, meaning the group no longer met the criteria of having MEPs from at least seven different EU member states. The news drew a lot of…
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June 19, 2014
Nigel Farage has managed to form a new Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group in the European Parliament. The group comprises 48 MEPs from seven EU member states. The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats and the Latvian Farmers’ Union both joined for…
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June 17, 2014
With the deadline for the registration of European Parliament political groups set to expire early next week (the European Parliament’s equivalent of a transfer window), even the moves of individual MEPs can be decisive.Nigel Farage suffered an unexpec…
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For various reasons that we don’t quite understand, most of the UK press has deemed it illegal to report on the exit polls from yesterday’s European elections in the Netherlands – with the exception of the Telegraph and the Guardian. The Nethe…
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March 12, 2014
Belonging to a group in the European Parliament matters. Groups receive money on top of individual MEPs’ allowances and are given additional group staff. It also boosts chances of representation on committees (where EU laws are discussed and amended be…
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EP elections, Farage, Front National, Le Pen, Lega Nord, PVV, UKIP, wilders |
January 24, 2014
Thierry BaudetThis week, the Dutch Parliament held a debate on whether it is necessary to hold a referendum on transferring new powers to the European Union. The debate was triggered by a campaign, called “Citizen’s forum – EU” which managed to gather…
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dutch elections, dutch politics, dutch subsidiarity review, EU referendum, EU reform, mark rutte, Netherlands, VVD, wilders |
September 10, 2013
According to prominent pollster Dutch Maurice de Hond, just one year on from last year’s elections, the Dutch government coalition of the centre-right VVD and centre-left PvdA would lose more than half of its parliamentary seats if elections were …
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dutch elections, dutch politics, dutch subsidiarity review, eurozone, mark rutte, wilders |
December 12, 2012
Since the elections in September, international attention on the political situation in the Netherlands has faded. But, over the weekend, a new opinion poll by Maurice de Hond revealed a big change. Only three months after his defeat, the party of righ…
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dutch elections, dutch politics, mark rutte, Netherlands, wilders |
September 13, 2012
As we said in our pre-election briefing, the Dutch elections saw a shift back to the centre, compared to the early signs of the campaign. Granted, a stronger combined majority for the two main parties – centre-right VVD and centre-left PvdA – than many…
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dutch elections, dutch politics, euro, eurozone. bail-out, mark rutte, wilders |
September 10, 2012
We have today published our thoughts on what the 12 September Dutch elections are likely to mean for the future politics of the eurozone. Although the EU-critical left-wing Socialist Party has had a strong election campaign, recent polls have seen a sh…
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