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 [...]
Free Movement and Migration by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones 9th February 2018 It is time to put the record straight for the British public and reject the false message that the EU provides the open door to unbridled free movement or that it prevents the UK from deciding [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 24th January 2018 In recent weeks, there has been widespread discussion of the possibility of a new referendum later in the year to endorse or reject the terms negotiated by Mrs May and her government for British withdrawal from the European Union. [...]
NHS Scotland should look to EU for funding models by David Gow January 12, 2018 This article first appeared on Sceptical.scot It is time to seriously rethink how the NHS, 70 this year, is funded. The latest news that the service in England hit an all-time low [...]
Corbyn Should Stop The UK’s Drift Out Of The EU by John Palmer 10th January 2018 This article first appeared on Social Europe. My friend John Weeks’ argument in Social Europe that Theresa May’s conclusion of a ‘First Stage’ Brexit agreement signals that the UK is now irreversibly on [...]
Tribute to Peter Sutherland President of the Federal Trust (2004 - 2017) There was great sadness in the Federal Trust when we learned at the weekend of the death of our former President, Peter Sutherland. During the years of his Presidency he was an enthusiastic supporter of the Trust, both [...]
Brexit: The second phase 22nd January 2018 Speakers: Mary Honeyball, Labour MEP for London Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust; former Conservative MEP (1994 - 1999) Lord Dykes, former MP for Harrow East (1970 - 1997) Chaired by Nicolas Maclean, Member of the Federal Trust's Advisory Council Video [...]
“How will the EU look in twenty years time?” London, 14th December 2017 Joint event with Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute CONFERENCE REPORT Introduction In this last of the current series of discussions on the post-Brexit landscape, the speakers addressed the challenging and very wide-ranging issue of how the [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 19th December 2017 The frenzied negotiations to conclude the first phase of Brexit negotiations have usefully clarified the real choices faced by the British government in the second phase. The ambiguous and variously defined terms “soft” and “hard” Brexit have outlived their usefulness. [...]
