- 04, 06, 2016
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- Patrick Curran, Postcard from...
Postcard from Vienna
Writing from Vienna, Patrick Curran laments that a vote to simply stay in the European Union without a change of attitude is only a short-term gain unless a positive and constructively critical narrative is allowed to emerge, which in turn will strengthen the European Union for all her citizens and those who live on her borders. The Eurosceptics will not be satisfied until sovereignty has been restored to Westminster.
Read More- 03, 16, 2016
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- EU Referendum, Peter Ludlow
David Cameron’s deal with the EU
Two weeks after David Cameron returned from Brussels, Peter Ludlow takes a fresh look at the negotiated settlement that the Prime Minister secured. Ludlow argues that the February agreement institutionalises British exceptionalism. The British belong to the EU but are not of it. They are second class members and are never likely to be more.
Read More- 02, 01, 2016
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- Peter Ludlow, solidarity
Between renegotiation and referendum
Peter Ludlow provides a stock take of British Prime Minister’s efforts to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU. He argues that even if the PM is able to secure concessions from his EU counterparts it is far from clear the concessions will satisfy electorate. The referendum in 2016 will be very different to the one in 1975.
Read More- 01, 21, 2016
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- Christopher Jage-Bowler, Postcard from...
Postcard from Berlin
In this postcard from Berlin, Christopher Jage-Bowler explores the German attitudes towards Brexit. He writes that despite the natural impulse to show solidarity with Britain, the tendency by British politicians to talk of leaving the EU because its not in the national interest causes deep concern and alarm in Germany.
Read More- 12, 10, 2015
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- Forgiveness, Francis Campbell, Peace, Reconciliation
The fragility of European unity
The achievement of a lasting peace between former enemies has undoubtedly been the great success of the European project, but as Sir Francis Campbell explores in this blog this strength has masked a deeper fagility that is slowly being exposed by a series of political and economic crises.
Read More- 11, 25, 2015
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- Ben Ryan, Forgiveness, Nick Spencer, Peace
Towards a progressive peace in Europe
Nick Spencer & Ben Ryan from Theos make the case that Europe won’t overcome many of the challenges facing it without investing further in forgiveness and reconciliation.
Read More- 10, 19, 2015
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- Culture, Francis Campbell, History, Memory
Europe’s past invades the present
Francis Campbell shows that despite the EU’s evident successes, the asymmetry in memories across EU member states remains a source of division and tension.
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