by Monica Threlfall (writing in a personal capacity), Reader in European Politics, London Metropolitan University The Leave people are always saying they want “our sovereignty back“. But for what purpose? What is this sovereignty and for whom is it supposed to work? Not for ordinary people. Sovereignty is a [...]
by Dr Tim Oliver, Dahrendorf Fellow on Europe-North America Relations, LSE Ideas Further referendums on Britain’s European question could happen whatever the result of June’s vote. In a recent report for the Federal Trust, Why the EU Referendum Will Not be the End of the Story, Dr Tim Oliver [...]
by Dr Tim Oliver, Dahrendorf Fellow on Europe-North America Relations, LSE Ideas This article was first published by Democratic Audit UK. London is the UK’s undiscovered country and it is time we recognised it as the UK’s fifth constituent part by granting it the devolved political powers it deserves. [...]
7th April 2016 Jointly organised with Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute This joint seminar with the Konrad Adenauer and Global Policy Institute discussed the impact of the forthcoming EU referendum on Anglo-German relations and how the Brexit discussion, and its possible implications, has been received in Germany. Speakers [...]
The EU provides often-overlooked economic benefits for the UK By Viara Bojkova, Head of Geo-Economics Programme & Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute. The big campaigns for the UK to stay in or leave the EU paint pictures of alternative futures with a large brush. ‘We [...]
Britain and the EU: Difficult Questions Joint conference by The Federal Trust Global Policy Institute Industry Forum 25th February 2016 The relationship of the United Kingdom with the European Union is entering a new chapter. The UK is seeking a new settlement with its European partners through a process of [...]
EVEL and federation 27 October 2015 By Dr Andrew Blick Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; and Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust After some delay, the government has now implemented changes to House of Commons procedure known as ‘English Votes for [...]
Is Europe losing the Internet race? Some implications for the European Union of the 2015 Mary Meeker report on Internet trends By Cameron Thomson* September 2015 Download the article as pdf file Introduction Mary Meeker is an American venture capitalist and former Wall Street securities analyst who [...]
by Baroness Quin, House of Lords; Council Member of the Federal Trust 4th August 2015 This article first appeared on the European Movement website. One of the biggest myths about the circumstances in which Britain joined the EEC (as it was then) in 1972 was that what we were being [...]
English Votes for English Laws: a federal perspective 21 July 2015 By Dr Andrew Blick, Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; and Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust The rise of EVEL The government has been forced to postpone its plans for ‘English Votes [...]
