Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe

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Running Commentary XX – How the British came and went

January 29, 2018

In fourteen months time the European Union treaties will cease to apply to the United Kingdom. This event will bring to an end almost half a century of Britain’s unquiet membership of the continental bloc. Britain will have rejected the closer unity to which the EU is committed, marking a signal failure for Europe as… » read more

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EU Institutions, EU Priorities 2020, UK in Europe

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The United States of America Questions the Credibility of the European Union

February 25, 2015

Vladimir Putin’s manoeuvres cast a new light on the state of EU-US relations. If you are American you do not have to be Senator John McCain, who wants to arm the Ukrainians, to question the validity of Europe’s fond belief that reliance on soft power fits the bill for the 21st century. Russia, and for… » read more

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Enlargement, EU Institutions, EU Priorities 2020, Euro & Finance, Global Europe, UK in Europe

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The European Union is in Deep Trouble with its Top Court

January 7, 2015

Something rather shocking has happened. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has just confounded its friends as well as its foes by blocking the EU’s efforts to sign up to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In Opinion 2/13 delivered on 18 December, the Court ruled that the draft accession agreement between the European… » read more

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EU Institutions, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe

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Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe

President of the Spinelli Group. Visiting Fellow, European Policy Centre. Liberal Democrat MEP 1999-2014.


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