As the pre-general election campaign hots up, the polls still project a massive Labour landslide. And so, several commentators are turning to contemplating questions such as whether a Labour government needs a better opposition than a collapsing, much-shrunken Tory party will provide, or whether the Tories will really implode for a long time or revive under an even further right leader, or how far or fast Keir Starmer might move on closer EU-UK relations.… Read More »
Brexit and the Brussels Effect
The Scottish Government wants to align its policies/legislation with the EU but willy nilly is failing to do so – and ignoring the Brussels Effect or how the EU sets the golden regulatory standard.… Read More »
EU-Scotland Relations after Brexit: Where Next?
By Kirsty Hughes This article was first published in Kirsty Hughes’s substack: https://kirstyhughes.substack.com/p/eu-scotland-relations-after-brexit. As we wait for the general election, now expected this autumn, the polls tell us the party… Read More »
Is serious rapprochement on the cards if Labour takes power?
By David Martin I wondered while listening to what was probably the final budget of this Conservative Government just how many other people would notice the dog that didn’t bark.… Read More »
Brexit is a Feminist Issue
A letter by Joyce Quinn, Vice President European Movement UK, to mark International Women’s Day. I’m a former woman MEP and Europe Minister, and today, on International Women’s Day, I’m here… Read More »
Brexit: Destroying the Conservative Party?
In this latest Federal Trust video, Director Brendan Donnelly and Chair John Stevens discuss the effects of Brexit on the internal cohesion of the Conservative Party. They argue that, while the referendum of 2016 was… Read More »
Trade and investment policy:Options for UK policy in 2024
Trade policy has become more politicised, facing challenges over the extent to which it can be used to promote values or proactively influence trade partners’ policies and practices. This paper… Read More »
The Case for an Ambitious UK/EU Security Cooperation Pact
In this article published on the website of the European & International Analysts Group on 1 February 2024, Sir Julian King argues that is time for the UK to propose… Read More »
