by Dr Leo Klinkers Public Policy Consultant 8th May 2019 This article was first published in Europe Today Magazine. About the authorLeo Klinkers is an independent consultant in public administration who has worked in several countries, as well as for the EU and the UN. He is co-founder and member [...]
As Britain’s political class struggles with its deep divisions over Europe, and tussles over the “peoples’ vote”, it’s worth taking a glance back to the first referendum in 1975. That referendum was held to affirm British membership of the European Communities following Harold Wilson’s ‘renegotiation’ of the terms of membership. [...]
by David GowEditor of Sceptical.scot, Senior Adviser at Social Europe, and Senior Adviser at Acumen Public Affairs. He is former European Business Editor of The Guardian and is Advisory Board member of the Scottish Centre on European Relations. February 2019 This article was first published on Sceptical.scot. Often written off, its imminent [...]
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 [...]
From ERASMUS to ERASMUS + Presentation by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones CMG at Cardiff Met University, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the official launch of the EU's ERASMUS programme 28th June 2017 Thank you Vice Chancellor for your invitation to participate in this celebration of [...]
“New Fault lines in Europe.....the political consequences of Brexit” by John Bruton, former Taoiseach Grattan lecture held at the Irish Embassy in London on 12 June 2017 THE HISTORIC CONTEXT OF BREXIT If one reviews European history over the period since the Reformation five hundred years ago, the [...]
Resolution Capital: A Doomsday Machine for Europe’s Banks? By Graham Bishop 20 March 2017 This article was first published in Financial World – The magazine of The London Institute of Banking and Finance The post-Crash re-ordering of Europe’s financial system is coming to an awkward phase – [...]
by Professor Richard Whitman 7 December 2016 This article was first published by the ESRC programme "The UK in a Changing Europe". Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson delivered his first major speech on the vision for the UK’s future foreign policy on Friday at Chatham House.[i] The speech was well-delivered, peppered [...]
Presentation by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones to the European Conference on Higher Education and European Integration held at the European University Institute in Florence on 29th October 2016 on the occasion of the Institute's 40th anniversary by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones, Council member, The Federal Trust Firenze, October 2016 [...]
