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The Federal Trust is a research institute studying the interactions between regional, national, European and global levels of government. Founded in 1945 on the initiative of Sir William Beveridge, it has long made a powerful contribution to the study of federalism and federal systems. It has always had a particular interest in the European Union and Britain’s place in it.
The Federal Trust has no allegiance to any political party. It is registered as a charity for the purposes of education and research.
Read the Federal Trust’s Statement on Rejoining the European Union.
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VIDEO: “Brexit – What Rejoiners Can Learn from UKIP”
In this Federal Trust video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that opponents of Brexit have no reason to conceal their desire to rejoin the European Union. On the contrary, they can imitate the vigour and outspokenness of Brexit’s advocates in the first fifteen years of this century:
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VIDEO: “Brexit – What Rejoiners Can Learn from UKIP”
In this Federal Trust video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that opponents of Brexit have no reason to conceal their desire to rejoin the European Union. On the contrary, they can imitate the vigour and outspokenness [...]
Webinar: Time for a European Federation
Wednesday, 26th January 2022 17.00 – 19.00 GMT Webinar on Zoom REGISTRATION To mark the publication of a new book entitled "Time for a European Federation", the Federal Trust will be organising a webinar [...]
Nationalisms in the UK and their implications for the Westminster System of Governance
by Dr Andrew Black[*], Associate Director, Global Policy Institute, assisted by Luisa Borras “It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.” Tom Stoppard Introduction Amongst many crises affecting the UK currently, there is one [...]
The Macron Obsession – a Very English Virus
What is it about England’s right-wing journalism and France? The obsessive hate against France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, in papers like the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, and Spectator is without precedent. As news arrived of the death of 27 refugees drowned [...]
Webinar: Goldilocks Government – neither too big nor too small
14th December 2021 The 20th century saw governmental expenditure in the developed world grow from about 10% of GDP to somewhere between a third and half of GDP. Now the pandemic, the climate crisis and ageing [...]
Video: Brexit Is Dimming the Lights of the City of London
In this Federal Trust video, our Council member Graham Bishop argues that the current controversy over central counterparties (CCPs) is symbolic of the difficulties facing the City of London after Brexit. The City will not [...]
Statement by Federal Trust about Re-joining Europe
For over 75 years, the Federal Trust has studied the interactions between regional, national, European, and global levels of government. It has nurtured a particular interest in the European Union and Britain’s place in it. [...]
Video: Brexit is the Project of a Ruthless Elite
In this video, Federal Trust Director Brendan Donnelly argues that the economic and political problems generated by Brexit are of little concern to its leading sponsors. Their primary interest lies in rupturing the British connection [...]
Webinar: Populism and demagogy in Europe – Causes, consequences and responses
Joint event by The Federal Trust, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Global Policy Institute 7th December 2021 A wave of populism has shaken Europe in recent years, expressed not only by political parties, but also by anti-globalisation [...]
Webinar: A Citizens’ Senate – Towards Consensual Presidential Democracy
30th November 2021 How to move from adversarial democracy toward consensual democracy? At this event, Tony Czarnecki, author of the recent Federal Trust blog Citizens’ Senate – Towards Consensual Presidential Democracy, discussed his ideas on how [...]