Speech by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones, after being awarded the International Award for Vision and Leadership by the European Association for International Education Hywel Ceri Jones was Head of the European Commission’s first-ever Department for Education and Youth Policies, as well as the Commission’s Director for Education, Training and Youth. He played the leading [...]
Citizenship and Free Movement in a Changing EU: Navigating an Archipelago of Contradictions by Professor Jo Shaw, Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, University of Edinburgh 13th October 2017 Abstract This paper considers the implications - in relation to legal status of EU citizens and their families (and [...]
Eulogy of Stephen Haseler by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 13th October 2017 We have already heard today evocative and moving accounts of Stephen Haseler as a brother, Stephen as a friend, Stephen as a politician, Stephen as a republican and Stephen as a mentor. I want to talk [...]
Trump, Europe and the wider world Joint event with Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Global Policy Institute 17th October 2017 CONFERENCE REPORT Click here to download a pdf-version of this conference report. Introduction This latest seminar, widely seen to have been one of the most stimulating in the series, brought together [...]
How will the EU look in twenty years time? Joint event with Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Global Policy Institute 14th December 2017 Speakers: Andrew Duff, Visiting Fellow at the European Policy Centre and President of the Spinelli Group; former MEP Kirsty Hughes, Director, Scottish Centre on European Relations Hans-Hartwig [...]
Hard Brexit or no Brexit? The clock is ticking 4th December 2017 Speakers: Don Sexton, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland Gerald Angley, Political Counsellor, Embassy of Ireland Dr Andrew Blick, King's College London; and Senior Research Fellow, The Federal Trust Dr Blick will be presenting his latest paper [...]
Brexit and the European Court of Justice December 2017 By Dr Andrew Blick, Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; and Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust Click here to download the paper in pdf format. Watch a video interview with Dr Andrew Blick at the [...]
By Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 1st November 2017 In his recent testimony to the House of Lords, Sir Ivan Rogers, former British Permanent Representative to the European Union, criticized as premature and ill-prepared the Prime Minister’s triggering last March of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. [...]
Book launch: England Alone Joint event by the Federal Trust and Global Policy Institute Wednesday, 15th November 2017 17.30 - 19.30, followed by a reception 84 Moorgate London Metropolitan University London EC2M 6SQ Launch and panel discussion of the late Stephen Haseler’s last book England Alone: Brexit and the [...]
By Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 25th September 2017 The limited concessions outlined in Theresa May’s Florence speech will probably have been enough to prevent the immediate breakdown of the Brexit talks, a breakdown which seemed at the beginning of the month a real possibility. They are, however, [...]
