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 [...]
The Austrian Presidency could derail the EU's plans ahead of the 2019 changeover by David Gow, Former German Correspondent, Industrial Editor and European Business Editor, The Guardian 3rd April 2018 This article was first published by Acumen Public Affairs. Austria takes over the EU presidency on July 1, and [...]
Germany: European and global trading leader 15th May 2018This will be the first in our 2018 series of joint events with Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute It is sometimes claimed that the UK has to choose between European and global trading links. Our panel discussed how Germany has managed to be [...]
Local to Global - Is federalism the answer to national populism? 16th April 2018 Tis event marked the launch of a new Federal Trust pamphlet by Dr Michael Lloyd, in which he discusses the potential of genuinely federal institutions at the local, national and global level as providing an answer [...]
By Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust 27th March 2018 Last week was a difficult period for those inclined to argue that the Labour Party is or may become an effective political vehicle for opposition to Brexit. To the applause of John Redwood, Jeremy Corbyn dismissed Owen [...]
The Brexit negotiations: Looking forward and back 19th March 2018 On the day when the British and EU negotiators agreed on a Brexit transition deal our expert panel reviewed and assessed its importance and possible implications for Britain's departure from the EU. On this last occasion before his move to [...]
by Dr Andrew Blick, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; Senior Research Fellow, The Federal Trust 14th March 2018 Through its insistence on leaving the European Union (EU), the Theresa May government has created an immense challenge for itself. The task is one of immense [...]
by Bob Savic, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute and an advisory partner with Petersburg Capital LLP in London. 6th March 2018 For about two years (i.e. from December 2015 to date) corporate investment in the UK economy has been growing at or around 0%. This is [...]
Mrs May’s Mansion House Speech – The Irish Dimension By John Bruton, former Irish Taoiseach 4th March 2018 This article was first published in the Meath Chronicle. My first reaction, watching Theresa May’s speech, was that The UK is going to put itself, and all the other EU countries, [...]
by Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust 3rd March 2018 After her speech yesterday about the Brexit negotiations, the Prime Minister was asked by a German journalist whether she thought Brexit was worth all the effort and disruption it entailed. Although British withdrawal from the EU is probably the [...]
