Financial Times, by Sylvie Goulard (19.04.2012). Apparently, there’s nothing new in the French presidential election campaign. The agenda is driven by French obsessions: like Asterix’s village against the Roman Empire, France will “hold out alone” against globalisation and foreign influence. On the right, immigrants are blamed for problems. On the left, the markets and the … Read more →

The Wall Street Journal 18.03.2012, by Guy Verhofstadt In the next few days, the G-20 is due to return to the question of boosting the resources of the International Monetary Fund so that more funds can be made available to European countries struggling to stay above water. At the February meeting of the G-20 in … Read more →

Le Monde, 15.02.2012 Parmi les questions que la crise actuelle a soulevées, aucune n’est plus importante, aucune n’est moins débattue que celle de la démocratie en Europe. Ce sont les dysfonctionnements des démocraties nationales qui sont largement la cause des désordres actuels : en vertu du traité de Maastricht, les gouvernements de la zone euro … Read more →

Last Friday (20 January) in Barcelona, MEP Andrew DUFF spoke to a conference co-organised by the Union of the European Federalists and the Spinelli Group on the current state of EU affairs. The position of the UK within the Union, the on-going negotiations of the new budget treaty, the future of the Eurozone and of … Read more →

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