Devolution, federalism and the United Kingdom Constitution: Lessons and implications of the Brexit process by Dr Andrew Blick June 2018 About the author Dr Andrew Blick is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; and Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust Download the paper [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 22nd May 2018 The Irish strand of the current negotiations between the UK and the EU presents a rich case study in the delusions and dilemmas of Brexit. It is difficult to think of any other area of the negotiations which [...]
The Future of Central Banking - A comparison of the US Federal Reserve with the European Central Bank Joint event by the Federal Trust, Global Policy Institute and James Madison Charitable Trust 12th June 2018 5-7pm, followed by refreshments Venue: Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street London SW1P 3RB Launch [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 18th May 2018 The Conservative Cabinet has spent the past month in public controversy about the customs regime to be applied on the island of Ireland after Brexit. It is widely recognised that neither of the two favoured solutions canvassed within the [...]
Brexit has the semblance of a new English Civil War by Professor Stefan Collignon 9th March 2018 This article was first published on the LSE Brexit blog. Brexit may be coming, but the terms are far from clear. In the range between the Norwegian model (membership in the customs [...]
PRESS RELEASE 02/05/2018 Federal Trust proposals for Eurozone Stabilisation Fund A new paper (Eurozone Stabilisation Fund Revisited), published by the Federal Trust think tank, discusses flaws in the design of the euro area and proposes a remedy via a Eurozone Stabilisation Fund ahead of June’s EU summit. Since its inception, [...]
Eurozone Stabilisation Fund: Revisited by Mark Nevin April 2018 DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION HERE. PRESS RELEASE About the Author Mark Nevin studied economics and European politics at Birmingham University and the LSE. His areas of expertise are political economy, government reform, health policy and digital health. An optometrist [...]
By Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust 23rd April 2018 Last week saw two potentially important developments in the continuing campaign against Brexit. There was a significant defeat for the government in the House of Lords on the subject of the Customs Union (CU); and a coalition [...]
By Bob Savic, Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute and Corporate Advisory Partner with Petersburg Capital LLP 13th April 2018 As Theresa May’s Conservative government and the European Union prepare negotiating positions for a future post-Brexit relationship, the UK’s financial services trade with the EU’s Single Market looks set to [...]
On Governing Europe: A Federal Experiment 30th April 2018 In his latest book, Andrew Duff describes how the EU was born at a time when federalism was seen as the only way to lasting peace, but how continuing tension between federalists and nationalists has left the Union unable to fulfil its [...]
