14 11, 2023

A Tram-Ride in 1923 – German Hyperinflation in the 1920s

By |2023-11-14T15:43:48+00:00November 14th, 2023|Categories: Europe, Other, UK, Views from the Federal Trust|

Talk continues about the coming of the digital pound.  Like the closure of high street banks, it is the presumed inevitable consequence of the decline in the use of coins and banknotes.  We are told that by 2031 only 6 per cent of Britain’s transactions will be in cash, the [...]

17 10, 2023

Europe’s Federal Imperial Union

By |2023-10-17T15:03:14+00:00October 17th, 2023|Categories: EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Federalism, Future of Europe, Global, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , |

In its time, Europe has known a lot of empires. Some, like Napoleon’s, arose from an excess of revolutionary fervour. Others, pre-eminently the Hapsburgs, were based on dynastic inheritance. The Soviet Union was forged by Bolshevist ideology. The Ottomans had a religious cause. Some empires were more enlightened than others, [...]

13 10, 2023

Why the EU should not be Deconstructed but Rejoined

By |2023-10-13T06:48:12+00:00October 13th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Federalism, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , |

Ten years after the announcement of the referendum on British membership of the EU, the debate about the EU is returning to Westminster. While mainstream political parties argue that Brexit is a reality, citizens and businesses increasingly feel betrayed. So, what to do about the EU? ‘Eurowhiteness’ The book ‘Eurowhiteness’ [...]

27 07, 2023

The First European Elections 1979 – my rainy baptism of fire!

By |2023-07-28T16:04:34+00:00July 27th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Federalism, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , |

by Dr Alan Hick Dr Hick is a Board Member of New Europeans International and a former senior official at the European Economic and Social Committee   In the spring of 1979, I interrupted my studies at the European University Institute in Florence in order to campaign in the first European [...]

27 07, 2023

Releasing Sovereignty from Westminster: Towards a Confederal-federal Britain

By |2023-07-27T16:40:57+00:00July 27th, 2023|Categories: Devolution, Federalism, Scotland, UK Constitution, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , , |

Devolution at national level acknowledges that today’s UK is a construct of formerly discrete entities whose diverse histories and identities are enduringly recognised at an institutional level. Decentralisation within England, by contrast, involves the reorganisation of power within one territory of significant population size (c. 56 million) in order better [...]

14 07, 2023

Has the City of London benefitted from Brexit as the golden days continue to fade?

By |2023-07-14T14:14:25+00:00July 14th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Trade & Financial services, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , |

In this Federal Trust Briefing, financial expert Graham Bishop argues that three years after leaving the EU, there are no discernible signs of any benefits from Brexit for the UK financial sector. As the City's leaders are recognising with growing alarm, the City’s international standing is slowly sinking. Leadership seems [...]

28 06, 2023

VIDEO: Can Northern Ireland Survive Brexit?

By |2023-06-28T15:30:36+00:00June 28th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Devolution, Europe, Video, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, the former European Commission Representative in Belfast and London, Geoff Martin, predicts that the DUP will soon rejoin the Northern Ireland Executive. He argues that the recent Windsor Framework has created the conditions for a new economic and political stability in Northern Ireland. This [...]

28 06, 2023

The EU Leads the Way in Regulating Crypto-Assets

By |2023-06-28T14:49:07+00:00June 28th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, EU Policies & Institutions, Trade, Trade & Financial services, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , |

The European Union (EU) has earned the title of becoming the world’s first jurisdiction to introduce a regulatory environment specifically for overseeing a market in crypto-assets. Meantime, the UK government is currently drafting legislation on this sector while the US is said to be examining the EU’s new regulation with [...]

7 06, 2023

Federalism, Union and Secession

By |2023-06-07T14:07:50+00:00June 7th, 2023|Categories: Devolution, Federalism, Scotland, UK Constitution, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this new essay for the Federal Trust, our Council member and former member of the Welsh Senedd David Melding argues that federal structures are the best way of preserving the constitutional and geographical integrity of the United Kingdom. In a federal UK, powers and responsibilities would be transparently and [...]

1 06, 2023

UK Trade and Investment: The Brexit Economic Hit

By |2023-06-01T17:16:42+00:00June 1st, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Reports & Policy Briefs, Trade, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust Briefing, David Gow describes and analyses the economic consequences of Brexit. These consequences have never been positive and in most sectors have caused varying degrees of damage. There is good reason to believe that this damage will increase rather than decrease in years to come. [...]

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