9 04, 2024

Podcast: Brexit – The Debate Continues

By |2024-04-09T14:26:05+00:00April 9th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe|Tags: , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens review some recent surprising contributions to the Brexit debate. They suggest that the debate on Brexit continues to evolve, even though leading politicians do their best to suppress it. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE or in the player below: [...]

22 03, 2024

VIDEO: Brexit – Can Labour bring the UK closer to the EU?

By |2024-03-22T16:15:02+00:00March 22nd, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this video, our Council member John Palmer and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss whether co-operation on defence issues can help an incoming Labour government move closer to the EU on a range of other issues as well. They expect that Labour’s European policy will evolve over its period in office. [...]

22 03, 2024

PODCAST: Brexit – Can Labour bring the UK closer to the EU?

By |2024-03-22T16:10:23+00:00March 22nd, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence|Tags: , , , , , |

In this podcast, our Council member John Palmer and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss whether co-operation on defence issues can help an incoming Labour government move closer to the EU on a range of other issues as well. They expect that Labour’s European policy will evolve over its period in office. [...]

14 03, 2024

VIDEO: Brexit – Will Reform Destroy the Conservative Party?

By |2024-03-14T17:07:29+00:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , |

Our Director Brendan Donnelly and Chair John Stevens discuss the impact of the Reform Party on British politics. They argue that its threat to the Conservative Party lies in its ability to win over those voters still committed to Brexit who think that Brexit’s failure could have been avoided by [...]

14 03, 2024

PODCAST: Brexit – Will Reform Destroy the Conservative Party?

By |2024-03-14T17:56:47+00:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe|Tags: , , , , , |

Our Director Brendan Donnelly and our Chair John Stevens discuss the impact of the Reform Party on British politics. They argue that its threat to the Conservative Party lies in its ability to win over those voters still committed to Brexit who think that Brexit’s failure could have been avoided [...]

8 03, 2024

VIDEO: Brexit – The American Dimension

By |2024-03-08T16:34:21+00:00March 8th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , |

John Stevens is the Chair of the Federal Trust and an analyst and commentator on economic affairs. John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the crucial American component of the Brexit debate. Many of those arguing for Brexit in 2016 did so because they favoured a closer alignment between the UK [...]

8 03, 2024

PODCAST: Brexit – The American Dimension

By |2024-03-08T16:34:55+00:00March 8th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe, Global|Tags: , , , |

John Stevens is the Chair of the Federal Trust and an analyst and commentator on economic affairs. John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the crucial American component of the Brexit debate. Many of those arguing for Brexit in 2016 did so because they favoured a closer alignment between the UK [...]

5 03, 2024

EU sanctions: New package cracks down on third country businesses evading Russia sanctions

By |2024-03-05T18:35:30+00:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Global, Trade & Financial services, UK, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , |

New EU sanctions package crackdown on third country businesses evading Russia sanctions The European Union (EU) adopted a 13th package of sanctions against Russia last month to mark two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In line with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s pronouncement that "we must keep degrading [...]

28 02, 2024

VIDEO: Brexit – Destroyer of the Conservative Party?

By |2024-02-28T16:36:33+00:00February 28th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens discuss the effects of Brexit on the internal cohesion of the Conservative Party. They argue that, while the referendum of 2016 was intended to heal Conservative divisions, Brexit has exacerbated divisions within the Party, probably irreparably. WATCH THE VIDEO [...]

28 02, 2024

A two-tier federal budget for the European Union

By |2024-02-28T15:53:21+00:00February 28th, 2024|Categories: EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Federalism, Views from the Federal Trust|

Published by European Policy Centre The European Union is taking on new tasks. But unless legal and political constraints on its budget are lifted, the EU will be left with inadequate financial resources. In this Discussion Paper, the authors propose a radical restructuring of the EU budget after 2027 into [...]

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