“Brexit and the future of global trade” London, 3rd July 2017 CONFERENCE REPORT Click here to download the conference report in pdf format. Introduction In the latest of its series of seminars on aspects of Brexit, The Federal Trust, the Global Policy Institute, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung brought [...]
Needed: a politician who dares to question whether Brexit still makes sense Hard Brexit looks less likely, and soft Brexit won't please anyone. by Professor Iain Begg 14th July 2017 This article was first published by the New Statesman. There is now a vacancy of historic significance in British politics. [...]
by Professor Richard Whitman 30th June 2017 This article was first published by "The UK in a Changing Europe". Discussion of foreign and defence policy was largely conducted in terms of generalities during the EU referendum campaign. Key themes were the EU’s historic role in bringing peace to the [...]
BREXIT, THE UK & THE EU Speech by Sir Brian Unwin KCB, former President of the European Investment Bank, at the Norwegian Parliament in Oslo 19 June 2017 Thank you for inviting me to speak in this distinguished forum – the heart of Norwegian democracy. It is a [...]
What now? Options for Brexit - And a cry for help by Andrew Duff (Former Member of the European Parliament; Visiting fellow, European Policy Centre) 15 June 2017 This paper was first published by the European Policy Centre, Brussels. Click here to download the publication in pdf format. In this [...]
‘There May be trouble ahead’: Brexit after the election 26th June 2017 By Dr Andrew Blick, Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; and Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust Click here to download a pdf version of this article. In advance of the General [...]
Hard Brexit? Soft Brexit? No Brexit? A joint event with: New Europeans, Global Policy Institute and Industry Forum 28th June 2017 Speakers Professor Stephen Haseler, Director, Global Policy Institute Baroness Quin, former Minister for Europe Denis MacShane, Senior Adviser, Avisa Partners, former MP Chaired by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The [...]
The dilemmas of Brexit have not been changed by the election by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 13th June 2017 The parallels between the European referendum of 2016 and the General Election of 2017 are striking. Both were risky and avoidable events, called into being exclusively [...]
The UK Brexit Campaign Is Starting To Fracture by John Palmer 12 June 2017 This article was first published on Social Europe The atmosphere of confusion, uncertainty and outright division which has long marked the UK Brexit campaign is now fated to become still more confused, uncertain [...]
Citizenship under attack - Some parallels between Weimar Germany and Brexit Britain by Professor Sam Whimster ‘If you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere. You don’t understand what the very word “citizenship” means.” (Mrs May, Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham. October 2016.) [...]
