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Brexit and the auto industry: the clock is ticking, but it is not yet too late to avoid the worst-case scenario!

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 Secretary General of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA)

blogactiv, Transport, UK in Europe

Brexiters Routed In Salzburg

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!

blogactiv, UK in Europe

The Trojan horse threatening the EU: what Bannon’s project says about the European Parliament

The European Parliament’s lot is not a happy one: it’s expected to do the heavy democratic lifting for an institution that desperately needs to tackle its democratic deficit. But this Parliament is like no other. Seen by many European voters as either irrelevant or as just one governance level too many, the turnout for European… » read more

  Posted by Fritz Groothues

blogactiv, UK in Europe

Dear Theresa May

July 10, 2018

Dear Theresa May, I feel compelled to write, expressing a desire and hope that the United Kingdom can change course from the current political disaster that is Brexit. My hope is not, surprisingly, that Brexit should be stopped. With such important issues at stake, the current state of negotiations between your government and the EU… » read more

  Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!

blogactiv, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, UK in Europe

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What’s the context, please?

April 26, 2018

The many numbers with which we are bombarded every day can be misleading for two main reasons. First, they can simply be wrong. The most egregious example is the £350 million per week we were told by the Brexiteers during the referendum campaign that we would save on our annual payments to the EU. It… » read more

  Posted by Peter Bye

blogactiv, UK in Europe

Running Commentary XX – How the British came and went

January 30, 2018

In fourteen months time the European Union treaties will cease to apply to the United Kingdom. This event will bring to an end almost half a century of Britain’s unquiet membership of the continental bloc. Britain will have rejected the closer unity to which the EU is committed, marking a signal failure for Europe as… » read more

  Posted by Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe

blogactiv, EU institutions, EU Priorities 2020, UK in Europe
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