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Tag Archives: EU referendum
Apr 5 2019
Back to the roots: Why the UK should have a second referendum
2 CommentsBy Kilian Wirthwein and Fabian Ferrari Fifteen years after the failure to adopt the European Constitution of 2004, the European political landscape has changed dramatically. Although this represented a major setback on the path of European integration, it would have been hard to find someone so … Continue reading
Posted by: April 5, 2019
Tagged with: Brexit, British politics, Democracy, EU referendum, Legitimation, political legitimacy
Mar 15 2019
Understanding Brexit at a local level: Mansfield case study
Comments Off on Understanding Brexit at a local level: Mansfield case studyBy Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni In January 2018, I joined a team of researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE) who were starting to work on a project about the local-level impact of Britain’s departure from the European Union in five British … Continue reading
Posted by: March 15, 2019
Tagged with: Brexit, EU referendum, governance, local economy, Mansfield, migration, Research
Jun 9 2016
Will The Real Project Fear Please Stand Up?
Comments Off on Will The Real Project Fear Please Stand Up?By Henry Radice This is the second in a series of pre-referendum opinion pieces, Defenestrations: (Un)Framing the EU Referendum Debate. The first one addressed the issue of the referendum itself, and attracted a powerful rejoinder from Roberto Orsi. One of … Continue reading
Posted by: June 9, 2016
Tagged with: Brexit, EU referendum, Project Fear, Sarah Wollaston
Feb 9 2016
Has the EU failed us, or have we failed to forge a European identity?
Comments Off on Has the EU failed us, or have we failed to forge a European identity?By Marina Prentoulis As a Greek citizen long resident in Britain, I cannot help noticing the almost complete absence of any sense of European identity in the UK. It seems that Britain has never really seen itself as part of … Continue reading
Posted by: February 9, 2016
Tagged with: another europe, Brexit, EU referendum, European identity, Euroscepticism
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
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
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