14 02, 2024

Soon Labour Will Need a Policy on Europe

By |2024-02-15T09:10:26+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , |

The impact of Brexit, linked to wrong-headed right-wing economic and social policies also part of the Conservative-LibDem policy matrix for Britain since 2010, has had the biggest political-economic-social impact on peace-time Britain in more than a century. The political class has disintegrated. Britain was famous for its political stability. Now [...]

14 02, 2024

Podcast: Will Trump Destroy NATO?

By |2024-02-14T15:59:18+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence, Global, UK|Tags: , , , |

In this Federal Trust podcast, John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the implications of a Trump Presidency for Europe and the United Kingdom. They conclude that if Trump becomes the next American President, then the European Union will be both prepared and able to increase its expenditure on defence. This [...]

6 02, 2024

VIDEO: Northern Ireland Can Now Face The Future

By |2024-02-06T15:53:54+00:00February 6th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Devolution, Europe, UK Constitution, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

In the new Federal Trust video, Geoff Martin welcomes the restoration of normal political life in Northern Ireland after years of deadlock. The appointment of two women from opposing political traditions as First and Deputy First Minister undoubtedly marks a turning-point in the Province’s history. But Geoff cautions that rifts [...]

6 02, 2024

Podcast: Northern Ireland can now face the future

By |2024-02-06T15:53:23+00:00February 6th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Devolution, Europe|Tags: , , , , , |

In this new episode of the Federal Trust podcast, Geoff Martin welcomes the restoration of normal political life in Northern Ireland after years of deadlock. The appointment of two women from opposing political traditions as First and Deputy First Minister undoubtedly marks a turning-point in the Province’s history. But Geoff [...]

18 01, 2024

Podcast: Labour Divided on Brexit?

By |2024-01-18T11:00:07+00:00January 18th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe|Tags: , , , |

In this new podcast, our Director Brendan Donnelly and Chairman John Stevens discuss the likely course of the British debate on Brexit in 2024. They suggest that the Mayor of London’s new intervention in this debate is both part of his election strategy for the Mayoral elections and a foretaste [...]

16 01, 2024

VIDEO: Labour Divided on Brexit?

By |2024-01-16T15:42:12+00:00January 16th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens discuss the likely course of the British debate on Brexit in 2024. They suggest that the Mayor of London’s new intervention in this debate is both part of his election strategy for the Mayoral elections and a foretaste of [...]

12 01, 2024

The EU’s new tool to combat economic threats by non-EU states

By |2024-01-12T17:34:27+00:00January 12th, 2024|Categories: Europe, Global, Trade, Trade & Financial services, UK, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , |

The European Union’s Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) regulation is a novel and significant development in international trade law which came into force on 27th December 2023. The new trade instrument will enable the European Union (EU) to deal with foreign countries’ efforts to influence or coerce the EU or a particular [...]

4 01, 2024

Can a new statecraft save the UK’s dysfunctional Union?

By |2024-01-04T17:31:58+00:00January 4th, 2024|Categories: Devolution, Federalism, UK, UK Constitution, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , |

by Paul Gillespie Director of the ‘Constitutional Futures after Brexit project’ in the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD; columnist with The Irish Times and member of the IIEA’s UK Expert Group This paper aims to examine the state of the UK government in 2023, how it has progressed to [...]

8 12, 2023

Podcast: Immigration after Brexit – the Conservative Party implodes

By |2024-01-18T12:42:59+00:00December 8th, 2023|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe|Tags: , , , , |

Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens discuss the latest proposals of the British government to reduce net migration into the UK. They conclude that these proposals simply represent the latest instalment in the Conservative Party’s continuing internal divisions over Brexit’s consequences. They will be economically damaging and are unlikely to help [...]

8 12, 2023

VIDEO: Immigration after Brexit: the Conservative Party implodes

By |2023-12-08T16:37:55+00:00December 8th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Migration & Identity, Video|Tags: , , , , |

Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens discuss the latest proposals of the British government to reduce net migration into the UK. They conclude that these proposals simply represent the latest instalment in the Conservative Party’s continuing internal divisions over Brexit’s consequences. They will be economically damaging and are unlikely to help [...]

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