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Let's talk about Irish Foreign Policy. June 29, 2016. Project Calm Referendum Lessons from Ireland. Recent events ensure a return to blogging after some time. I do have the excuse of being somewhat of a practitioner for a recent period! This site has frequently. Flights of fantasy and rhetoric are normal in politics and moreso in referendums. Again those experienced in this blunt instrument will know there is no real fact checking and truth is the first casualty. November 17, 2014. How Quickly we Forget!
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The European Citizen: May 2013
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Thoughts on the state(s) of the Old Continent. Tuesday, 14 May 2013. Tories' draft EU Referendum Bill confirms the poor state of the party. The UKIP victory in the local elections. In England at the start of the month continues to make its impact felt on British politics. After former Tory ministers. Publicly backed withdrawal, and present Tory ministers indicated. That they too would vote out if a vote was held today, Cameron has signalled that his party will publish a draft referendum bill. A drop in s...
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The European Citizen: Keller and Bové to lead the European Greens in the elections
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Thoughts on the state(s) of the Old Continent. Monday, 3 February 2014. Keller and Bové to lead the European Greens in the elections. The online European Greens primaries ended with anti-globalisation campaigner and French Green MEP José Bové and German Green youth leader and MEP Ska Keller heading the election campaign. 22,676 people voted in the online primaries, and the four candidates debated in ten different cities. The turnout for the vote is disappointing, but as an exercise in democracy. Liberal ...
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The European Citizen: Liberal candidate Guy Verhofstadt and the “Federalist Cause”
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Thoughts on the state(s) of the Old Continent. Wednesday, 5 February 2014. Liberal candidate Guy Verhofstadt and the “Federalist Cause”. Guy Verhofstadt, who has led the liberal ALDE group in the European Parliament for the last few years, will be the Liberals’ candidate forthe Commission Presidency. Last year and the Lib Dems predicted to come 4. In the UK in the May poll. 8211; and given tub-thumping federalist speeches in the European Parliament, I’ve come to think of him as the federalist Farag...
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The European Citizen: Stripping Citizenship
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Thoughts on the state(s) of the Old Continent. Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Last week the UK House of Commons voted on an amendment to the Immigration Bill. That would empower the Home Secretary to strip foreign-born terrorist suspects of their UK citizenship, even if it would render them stateless. (Those with dual citizenship can already be stripped of their British citizenship). The amendment reads ( p.3. A) the citizenship status results from the person’s naturalisation, and. That would have limited cri...
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The European Citizen: July 2013
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Thoughts on the state(s) of the Old Continent. Thursday, 4 July 2013. European Parliament passes resolution on Hungary's Constitution. The European Parliament passed a resolution. Yesterday calling on Hungary to reform its constitution to bring it into line with EU values and norms. The resolution was passed by an EPP-S&D-Greens-United Left coalition. So it notably gained support from the European People's Party, which the ruling Fidesz party in Hungary is a part of. Previously). The resolution leave...
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The European Citizen: Swiss vote puts EU to the test on Free Movement
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Thoughts on the state(s) of the Old Continent. Friday, 14 February 2014. Swiss vote puts EU to the test on Free Movement. The Swiss referendum on immigration restrictions for EEA nationals - effectively a vote on ending the free movement of people in the single market for Switzerland - was passed by a very narrow majority of 50.3%. Notes, this puts the EU in a bind. The Commission is quick to highlight the sanctity of free movement. The EU should not come across as heavy handed - above all the decision o...
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The European Citizen: Scottish Independence and the EU
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Thoughts on the state(s) of the Old Continent. Monday, 24 February 2014. Scottish Independence and the EU. The debate on Scottish independence is heating up: within the last few weeks we’ve gone from emotional appeals. To keep Scotland in the UK to declarations that if Scotland leaves the UK it will lose the pound. And EU membership. Commission President Barroso made a surprisingly strong intervention into the debate on the Andrew Marr Show. Although there are some interesting arguments. Swiss vote puts ...
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The European Citizen: September 2013
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Thoughts on the state(s) of the Old Continent. Monday, 30 September 2013. Austrian Elections: The Grand Coalition lives on. Of the Austrian elections came in yesterday, it was clear that the Social Democrat-led Grand Coalition will live on, if a little battered. The result will come as a relief to the Party of European Socialists, and Werner Faymann. Who can look forward to continue to lead the Austrian government after having failed to unseat Merkel. Consisting of the centre-left SPOe. Who set up a poli...
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