The Conservative government’s attempt to renegotiate the UK’s terms of membership of the European Union continues to distress Britain’s pro-Europeans, antagonise its anti-Europeans and bamboozle its EU partners. Prime minister David Cameron has realised that there are two cardinal principles of EU primary law which he will not be allowed to breach: freedom of movement… » read more
Posted by Andrew Duff
October 1, 2015
The first time it happened, on 22 November 1989, the German Chancellor outshone the French President. It was under a fortnight since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Helmut Kohl sounded confident and decisive, clear in his call for enlargement of the European Community and commitment to the goal of political union. François Mitterrand, by… » read more
Posted by Andrew Duff
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Enlargement, EU Institutions, Euro & Finance, Global Europe, UK in Europe , Cameron, Hollande, Juncker, Kohl, Macron, Merkel, Mitterrand, Schauble, Schulz |
President of the Spinelli Group. Visiting Fellow, European Policy Centre. Liberal Democrat MEP 1999-2014.
