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A Difficult Choice for Johnson: A Brexit deal or no deal
News that the Brexit talks were to be resumed sent the external value of the pound back up again. Political commentators, especially in the UK, began to predict the relatively rapid conclusion of an agreement on future trade relations between the UK and the EU. They pointed in particular to [...]
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Time to get serious about the Future of Europe Conference
This article was first published by Euractiv with the title "We need to talk about the future of Europe". Our online world lends itself well to a conversation with citizens about the future of Europe. [...]
No-Deal Brexit: The Path of Least Resistance for Boris Johnson?
In this video podcast, our Director Brendan Donnelly discusses the restart of the Brexit negotiations. He argues that "No Deal" is still a possible outcome:
A Difficult Choice for Johnson: A Brexit deal or no deal
News that the Brexit talks were to be resumed sent the external value of the pound back up again. Political commentators, especially in the UK, began to predict the relatively rapid conclusion of an agreement [...]
Germany’s miles better…
This article was first published on Sceptical Scot. Thirty years ago, on October 3 1990, I was standing among a million people in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin observing and reporting on the [...]
Brexit: removing the connective tissue of the United Kingdom?
The United Kingdom (UK) and what is now the European Union (EU) were intertwined for nearly half a century. Consequently, Brexit means more than the UK removing itself from the EU. It involves extracting the [...]
Replacing the Westphalian system – Essay on the Identification of the EU as a democratic Union of democratic States
by Jaap Hoeksma Philosopher of law and director of Euroknow Author of “The Case Bundesverfassungsgericht versus EU Court of Justice – Can the EU function as a democracy without forming a State?”, which can be downloaded for free here: https://www.wolfpublishers.eu/futureofeurope Executive [...]
The US Presidential Elections 2020: What’s at stake?
Wednesday, 28th October 2020 17.00 - 19.00 (GMT) Online Webinar on Zoom: REGISTER HERE Joint webinar organised by The Federal Trust with Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute The result of the Presidential Election in [...]
Scottish Politics Heading Into Turbulent Waters
Crucial Election Looms In just seven months time, Scottish voters will head to the polls to elect a new cohort of MSPs to the Scottish parliament. From recent polls, the Scottish National Party looks set [...]
The Red Wall – Myths and Reality
Photo credit: UK Parliament/ CC BY 3.0 by Baroness Quin Former Europe Minister and Labour MP The biggest myth about the Red Wall is that it was all about [...]
Brexit meets European solidarity
Photo credit: European Commission This excerpt is a preview of the book "Solidarity and the Future of Europe" that will be released in 2021 as part of the TEPSA book series “The Future [...]