BREXIT: THE POLITICAL DECLARATION MUST BE VAGUE AND PRECISE AT THE SAME TIME by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 11th October 2018 The issues relating to the status of Northern Ireland after Brexit, and in particular the Irish “backstop,” have not yet been resolved. The major political [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 24th September 2018 Over the past two years, the Conservative Party has been riven by the conflict between those who wanted the United Kingdom after Brexit to remain closely aligned with the European Union as a trading partner; and those who [...]
Churchill – a `founding father’ of the European Union – would vote to Remain by Graham Bishop – Vice Chairman, European Movement (UK) 17 September 2018 This is a summary of a longer article written by Graham Bishop. You can read the full article here (pdf file). Winston Churchill has [...]
EU citizenship in the shadow of Brexit 22 October 2018 EU27 citizens in the UK still face an uncertain future if Britain leaves the EU and British citizens still face being stripped of their EU citizenship. At this conference we took stock of the situation facing millions of citizens whose lives, [...]
OWNING OUR FUTURE RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE Joint event by the Federal Trust with Industry Forum 15th October 2018 Speakers: Catherine West MP, Member of Parliament for Hornsey & Wood Green (Labour) Dr Phillip Lee MP, Member of Parliament for Bracknell, (Conservative) Allison Roche, UNISON Policy Officer lead for Brexit Lord [...]
STEPHEN HASELER MEMORIAL LECTURE: Will Brexit destroy the United Kingdom? 4th October 2018 Joint event by the Federal Trust and Global Policy Institute The lecture was delivered by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust CLICK HERE TO READ THE STEPHEN HASELER MEMORIAL LECTURE 2018 DOWNLOAD THE LECTURE (pdf file) In [...]
Franco-German Relations: Has Macron made a difference? 19th September 2018 Joint conference organised by the Federal Trust, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute 3rd event of our joint series, discussing the state and future prospects of Franco-German relations, in particular with a view to their importance for the deepening of European [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust August 2018 BREXIT:THE CONSERVATIVE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD The Minister for Exiting the European Union, Dominic Raab, last week published a number of “notifications” on the possibility of the UK’s leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement (“no deal Brexit”). On the [...]
By David Gow 31st July 2018 This article was first published on sceptical.scot What does Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister, do all day? Tweet a bit about the books she likes, post some pix of Ailsa Craig, make the odd part-speech about, say, gender (in)equality, welcome a few jobs announcements, [...]
By Iain Begg 3rd August 2018 This article was first published on www.dahrendorf-forum.eu A simple metaphor captures the dilemmas around Brexit: some want white, others want black. To state the blindingly obvious, the two are mutually exclusive. In this post, Iain Begg (LSE) considers the two logically coherent positions on EU membership. It [...]
