Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe

Turkey’s EU Accession Negotiations should now be Suspended

December 15, 2014

Tuesday’s (16 December) meeting of the General Affairs Council is going to have to take a fresh look at the EU’s deteriorating relationship with Turkey. It is at any case this time of year that the Council re-assesses the enlargement policy of the Union. The Council’s deliberations bear upon what are dubbed, somewhat euphemistically, ‘Progress… » read more

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The First Forty Days and Forty Nights of Jean-Claude Juncker

December 10, 2014

While a lot of people, many of them prime ministers, grumble about the need to ‘reform’ the European Union, no European leader has yet been moved to elaborate on why, what and how to reform. Even David Cameron gropes to give substance to his grumbling: most of what he needs to stem the migrant tide… » read more

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Coming Soon: Another Cameron Speech

November 26, 2014

The Prime Minister is to make another much anticipated Big Speech about Europe. This time, the theme is immigration – or, rather, how to stem the alleged tide of EU citizens exercising their lawful right in accordance with Article 21 TFEU to move to and reside freely within the United Kingdom. David Cameron has already… » read more

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How to Save Cameron from Himself

October 28, 2014

There are some who are tempted to let David Cameron enjoy the consequences of his latest tantrum at the European Council. But for the sake of the long-term relationship of Britain and Europe it is probably worth rescuing him. Here are the elements of the deal. The European Commission apologises for the clumsy way in… » read more

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Suck it and See: Scotland and after

September 22, 2014

Winning the referendum on Scottish independence has thrown the British Establishment into a mighty tither. Only the Queen, whose mother was a Scot, emerges with dignity intact. Not that things would have been very much calmer if the answer had been Yes rather than No. The fact is that without a written constitution to regulate… » read more

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WILL JUNCKER GET THE COMMISSION HE NEEDS?

July 22, 2014

Andrew Duff looks at the third, concluding phase of the Spitzenkandidaten experiment for the appointment of the new European Commission. He finds that the initiative now lies with President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker. We have now entered the third and final phase of the constitutional innovation, introduced by the Lisbon treaty, on the matter of the election… » read more

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Cameron’s battle against Juncker is futile and misguided

June 11, 2014

Well, this time it certainly is different. The furious row about who should succeed José Manuel Barroso as President of the European Commission, and how and by whom that person should be chosen, vindicates those who have long argued that each of the EU level political parties should field champions in the European Parliamentary elections.… » read more

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A WEAKER EU WILL BE LESS DEMOCRATIC

May 27, 2014

Andrew Duff says that those leaders who come to Brussels tonight wanting to weaken the European Union are not serving democracy. In a statement he says: ‘It is right that the European Council takes stock tonight of the political situation in the European Union following the elections. They will trigger the appropriate consultations with the… » read more

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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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