by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones 11th February 2019 This article first appeared on Click on Wales. About the AuthorHywel Ceri Jones is Former Director General of the European Commission's Directorate General for Employment, Social Policy and Industrial Relations (1993-1998), with responsibility for the European Social Fund and the EU’s Peace and Reconciliation [...]
Click here to download the paper in pdf format Introduction The Brexit episode has seen the political system of the United Kingdom subject itself to immense pressures. Politics always involves tension. However, the cross-cutting divisions exposed and widened by the prospect of leaving the EU are of a more fundamental [...]
7th March 2019 Joint event with: https://youtu.be/0gh8iqX4e4k "EU Reporter TV" reported on the conference. PROGRAMME 2.00-3.00pm: Panel OneFuture Challenges for the EU: Scottish Perspectives Speakers:Joanna Cherry QC MP, Scottish National PartyAlistair Burnett , former Editor of BBC R4's The World Tonight and BBC World Service's Newshour Prof Michael Keating, Professor of Politics, University of [...]
by Brendan DonnellyDirector, The Federal Trust 1st February 2019 Four conclusions emerge from the series of votes on Brexit in the House of Commons this week (29th January): • First, this government is so paralysed by internal division that it is incapable of pursuing any coherent policy in the negotiations. [...]
5th February 2019 At this first conference of 2019 to review Brexit, our three expert speakers, Dr Denis MacShane, Baroness Quin and our Director Brendan Donnelly discussed the developing contest between Parliament and the government for control of the Brexit process, as well as the possible implications of this contest [...]
by Brendan DonnellyDirector, The Federal Trust 16th January 2019 A weakened Prime Minister It is significant and appropriate that the Conservative MPs who voted on 15th January against the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement from the European Union should have been drawn from opposing wings of her Party. While the [...]
by David GowEditor of Sceptical.scot, Senior Adviser at Social Europe, and Senior Adviser at Acumen Public Affairs. He is former European Business Editor of The Guardian and is Advisory Board member of the Scottish Centre on European Relations. February 2019 This article was first published on Sceptical.scot. Often written off, its imminent [...]
by P. Kamil Rosiak December 2018 I’ve been observing attentively the Brexit process since the night of 23 June 2016, the night of leave/remain vote. I read many articles and books on the subject, I was watching several debates in the UK Parliament and discussed the topic with hundreds of [...]
by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones January 2019 The votes during the next days and weeks at Westminster will have a profound impact on the future of the United Kingdom. They will condition the future prospects and status of Wales in the UK in Europe and the wider world. They will [...]
The economic and social impact of Brexit 13th February 2019 Joint event with New Europeans EU27 citizens in the UK still face an uncertain future if Britain leaves the EU and British citizens still face being stripped of their EU citizenship. Meanwhile many of the anticipated social and economic consequences of Brexit [...]
