- 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, 25, 2016
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- Alison Elliot, Sovereignty
Sovereignty and human flourishing in Europe
Alison Elliot reflects on the differences between the Scottish and English traditions of sovereignty and how this affects the framing of the European issue both sides of the border. She argues that as the European project faces its current crises, it is incumbent on its citizens to exercise the freedom they have to enrich its democratic dimension through civic activity that engages with the important issues. And in this, the churches have a role.
Read More- 11, 19, 2015
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- Sovereignty, Stephen Wall
The UK, sovereignty and the EU
Former diplomat Stephen Wall explores why sovereignity is core to debates about UK membership of the EU. Can we think about sovereignty in less zero sum terms? Can it be shared?
Read More- 10, 13, 2015
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- Gerry O'Brien
A Eurosceptic’s guide to the referendum
Gerry O’Brien applies a eurosceptic’s lens to the forthcoming referendum on UK membership of the EU and questions whether the referendum will be fair.
Read More- 10, 12, 2015
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- Culture, History, Memory, Philip Giddings
Citizenship without belonging in Europe
Philip Giddings explores what it means to be European and whether mobility is enough to develop a shared sense of belonging?
Read More- 10, 02, 2015
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- Culture, History, Memory, Peter Ludlow
Europe’s unfinished journey to an unknown destination
The EU’s final destination remains unknow but for Peter Ludlow this known unkown is far more attractive than the unchartered uncertainty that follows a BREXIT
Read More- 09, 01, 2015
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- Disagreeing Well, Welby
Learning to disagree well on Europe
Launching Reimagining Europe, Archbishop Justin Welby makes the case that we need to seek out new ways of disagreeing well on Europe that leaves us energised and revitatlised, not dispirited and divided.
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