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January 7, 2020
The UK’s general election on 12th December resulted in a majority of 80 for the Conservative Party, a larger number than anticipated. Some had expected a much closer result or even a hung parliament. The way is now open for the UK to leave the EU at the end of January. It would take a… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
August 27, 2019
Since the referendum, we have heard from many leavers and some remainers that the vote was democratic and we must respect it. In recent weeks, the attitude of the Brexiteers has become somewhat shrill. We are told that the vote represents the will of the people[1]. There is increasing pressure for a second vote with… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
July 31, 2019
In an interview with the Financial Times[1], Vladimir Putin claimed that liberalism was obsolete: ‘…the Russian president said “the liberal idea” had “outlived its purpose” as the public turned against immigration, open borders and multiculturalism’. He made the following statement. ‘This liberal idea presupposes that nothing needs to be done (about immigration). That migrants can… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
June 27, 2019
A recent European Council vote on cutting carbon emissions showed that Czech Republic is not so eager to move towards further European integration. And that perhaps Visegrad Four is soon going to be Visegrad Three. An idea that different parts of the European Union (should) integrate at a different pace, also known as differentiated integration,… » read more
Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
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June 12, 2019
The British ministers have recently decided that the country should use past overperformance in the reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions to relax the targets set out in the plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The plan to tackle climate change entails the commitment of the government to a series of five-year… » read more
Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
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April 11, 2019
Vladimír Bartovic, Christian Kvorning Lassen, Martin Michelot and Vít Havelka present their thoughts on the prospect of a long Brexit extension (April 10).
Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
March 19, 2019
In the corridors of the Palace of Westminster and in those of the Union’s institutions, the air is rife with talk about extending the two-year period under Article 50 TEU. Both decision-makers and commentators regularly point out that delaying Brexit would be problematic if the delay ran into the upcoming European elections. It is worth… » read more
Posted by ACELG
February 26, 2019
In September 2017, I posted a blog called ‘The rise of the kakistocracy’. Kakistocracy means government by the worst[1]: the most incompetent people are in power. When I wrote the piece, there was no shortage of candidate kakistocracies; Venezuela and Zimbabwe provided two rather extreme examples out of many. But what about the western democracies?… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
December 7, 2018
Opinions about Brexit can be divided into two broad groups: those that I will call ideology-based and those that are evidence-based. The dominant opinion in the first group is the question of sovereignty. It was a significant factor in the 2016 referendum and continues to motivate many of those favouring Brexit. It can be countered… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
It does not happen so often that an editorialist begins his piece by requesting readers, first of all, to read the articles on the following pages. Such is the case here! The articles published on pages 2 and 3 of this Newsletter are very illuminating in exposing the bureaucratic impasse the EU finds itself in.… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
October 29, 2018
As everyone is all too aware, the date for Brexit is just around the corner and a withdrawal agreement is yet to be concluded. Without an agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, there simply can be no negotiations on the nature of the future trading relationship. Nor will there… » read more
Posted by Eric-Mark Huitema
September 21, 2018
It had to happen. Sooner or later someone was going to truly stand up to the Brexiters. Theresa May made the first attempt at this recently, but it was nowhere near enough. Since Prime Minister May has been unable to do it, the task has fallen to the leaders of the EU and it’s Member… » read more
Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!
September 3, 2018
Guest post by Georges Ugeux, founder of Galileo Global Advisors and lecturer at Columbia University The last few days, I noticed in London an increased fever about the possibility of Brexit negotiations ending up without an agreed deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union. What is happening in London? Since the origin of… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
August 27, 2018
Nigel Farage is back! Earlier this week, Nigel Farage returned to the UK political scene to bring “leadership” to the Brexit process. You can see him discussing his return here: When I used to live in Brussels, I met him briefly a couple of times. This would be perhaps ten or more years ago. I… » read more
Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!
August 21, 2018
The current Brexit conversation seems to be revolving around whether or not the UK government’s coming 70 technical papers to prepare the country for a possible hard Brexit are alarmist, propaganda or a continuation of Project Fear. The one topic that is dominating this debate is whether or not there should be stockpiling of food… » read more
Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!
