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Category Archives: United Kingdom
Nov 25 2015
Why Cameron shouldn’t gamble with Germany: Helmut Schmidt’s story
Comments Off on Why Cameron shouldn’t gamble with Germany: Helmut Schmidt’s storyBy Mathias Häussler Born in the North German port city of Hamburg in 1918, Helmut Schmidt was an enthusiastic Anglophile in his early life, to the point that he abstained from voting on the Treaties of Rome in the German Bundestag … Continue reading
Posted by: November 25, 2015
Tagged with: diplomacy, EU referendum, EU Renegotiations, Helmut Schmidt
Nov 8 2015
How visible are Britain’s EU renegotiation demands across Europe’s twitterspheres?
Comments Off on How visible are Britain’s EU renegotiation demands across Europe’s twitterspheres?By Max Hänska and Stefan Bauchowitz David Cameron warned EU leaders to meet Britain’s demands, as he faced mounting pressure to outline his terms for keeping the UK in the EU. He is expected to set out these demands in greater … Continue reading
Posted by: November 8, 2015
Tagged with: Brexit, European Public Sphere, Europeanization, twittersphere, UK
Oct 26 2015
Brexit will give neither Hitchens nor Mason the Europe they desire
1 CommentBy Denis MacShane Recently I had the pleasure of debating Europe with Peter Hitchens of the Mail on Sunday at the Dulwich Literary Festival. Hitchens advanced the well-worn Brexit arguments about Europe being run by faceless unelected bureaucrats, imposing its … Continue reading
Posted by: October 26, 2015
Tagged with: Brexit, EU referendum
Oct 19 2015
Lies, damned lies and statistics on the UK’s EU membership
1 CommentBy Iain Begg The launch in the last few days of groups to campaign for and against UK membership of the European Union has, predictably, seen the publication of claims and counter-claims about the costs and benefits. Anyone hoping for … Continue reading
Posted by: October 19, 2015
Tagged with: EU referendum
Sep 25 2015
The Austerity Tortoise and the Keynesian Hare
Comments Off on The Austerity Tortoise and the Keynesian HareBy Douglas Bulloch Nobel-Laureate-Paul-Krugman recently used his New York Times column to instruct Grandmothers on the best method for removing the contents of intact eggs (hint: with a straw). But his reductive account of Keynesian economics merely obliges a response … Continue reading
Posted by: September 25, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, debt crisis, fiscal deficits, George Osborne, growth, Neo-Keynesian policies, Paul Krugman, unemployment rate
Sep 21 2015
Can the EU be hospitable?
5 CommentsBy Jasmine Gani The recent refugee crisis in Europe has been an embarrassing and damaging episode for the EU, which prides itself on its humanitarian credentials. The awful and tragic image of the little boy Alan Kurdi that went viral … Continue reading
Posted by: September 21, 2015
Tagged with: European identity, European Neighbourhood Policy, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, Schengen, Syrian refugees
Aug 28 2015
Fortress Europe: Cause or Consequence of Europe’s ‘Migrant Crisis’?
3 CommentsBy Catherine Briddick Europe, it seems, is facing a ‘migration crisis’. This crisis is ‘testing’ for, amongst others, the British public, because, as our Prime Minister David Cameron explained in an interview with ITV News: you have got a swarm … Continue reading
Posted by: August 28, 2015
Tagged with: asylum, human rights, humanitarian visas, international law, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, migrants, refugee law, refugees, Syrian refugees, trafficking
Aug 20 2015
Syria’s Refugees: When did the West Become so Heartless?
1 CommentBy Christopher Phillips Recently I went to see Miss Saigon at the West End, a tragic musical set in the years after the Vietnam War. In one scene, the lead characters flee on a crowded boat full of migrants from … Continue reading
Posted by: August 20, 2015
Tagged with: asylum, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, Syrian refugees, UNHCR, Vietnames boat people
Jul 27 2015
The UK’s EU referendum and the EU’s legitimacy crisis
Comments Off on The UK’s EU referendum and the EU’s legitimacy crisisBy Kirsty Hughes “Is a UK that retreats in isolationist but somehow progressive splendour really feasible? Surely, European countries must cooperate in the face of the deep challenges and opportunities we face.” It is a tough moment to make a … Continue reading
Posted by: July 27, 2015
Tagged with: David Cameron, EU referendum, Euroscepticism, Greece, UK
Mar 9 2015
Would the United Kingdom survive an exit from the EU?
2 CommentsBy Sionaidh Douglas-Scott In September 2014, the UK survived one of the most serious threats to its constitutional existence – the very closely run Scottish referendum on independence. That this was indeed perceived as a huge risk to the … Continue reading
Posted by: March 9, 2015
Tagged with: Brexit, constitutional reform, devolution, ECHR, EU Law, Nicola Sturgeon, Referendum, Scottish referendum