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, [...]
Colloquium and Memorial Event for Professor Stephen Haseler Friday, 13th October 2017 Chelsea Old Town Hall, King's Road, London Commemorating the life and work of our former Council member and sadly missed friend Stephen Haseler. Tribute to Stephen Haseler by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust This page offers the opportunity [...]
The Brexit negotiations - Quo vadis? 3rd October 2017 Speakers and Video Interviews: John Palmer, former European Editor of The Guardian and Founder and former Political Director of the European Policy Centre, Brussels Denis MacShane, former Minister for Europe Mary Dejevsky, Writer and Broadcaster Chaired by Brendan Donnelly, [...]
The Financial and Economic Implications of Brexit Speech by Sir Brian Unwin KCB, former President of the European Investment Bank, to the Jean Monnet Conference on Radical Political Movements in Europe at Lublin, Poland, on 8 September 2017 It is a great pleasure to be invited to this conference [...]
BREXIT: Labour makes a move but is it in the right direction? By Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 1st September 2017 The recent article by Keir Starmer, Labour spokesman on Brexit, setting out the Party’s commitment to continued British membership of the EU single market and [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 15th August 2017 On almost every day since Theresa May went on holiday in late July, the British public has been treated to the contradictory and often self-contradictory thoughts of various ministers about the desirability, inevitability or unacceptability of a “transition” [...]
Trump, Europe and the wider world Joint event with Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute 17th October 2017 At this seminar, our expert panel addressed the implications of Donald Trump’s Presidency for Europe’s role in the wider world. Traditionally the EU, and particularly Germany, has seen Europe’s global role as being exercised [...]
Professor Stephen Haseler 9/1/1942 - 20/7/2017 The Federal Trust is deeply saddened to have lost one of its most distinguished members through the sudden death of Professor Stephen Haseler, a member of the Trust’s Council and Director of the Global Policy Institute. For all of us at the [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 20th July 2017 David Davis has been criticized in some quarters for spending only two hours in Brussels this week negotiating with Michel Barnier before returning hurriedly to London. This criticism is misplaced. As Secretary of State for Exiting the European [...]
“Brexit and the future of global trade” London, 3rd July 2017 CONFERENCE REPORT Click here to download the conference report in pdf format. Introduction In the latest of its series of seminars on aspects of Brexit, The Federal Trust, the Global Policy Institute, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung brought [...]
