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Can national parliaments make the EU more legitimate?
Insight by Charles Grant, 10 June 2013
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Insight by John Springford, 07 June 2013
Tilting at European windmills
Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 May 2013

Cameron's European 'own goal': Leaving EU police and justice co-operation

Policy brief by Hugo Brady, 03 October 2012

David Cameron wants to pull the UK out of most EU co-operation on crime and policing by 2014. The move is bad for Britain.
Cameron's choice: Play to the gallery or keep Britain safe

Bulletin article by Hugo Brady, 26 September 2012

Britain has a decision to make that has major implications for both its security and its influence within the EU. Should it opt out of most EU co-operation on crime and policing by 2014?
Outsiders on the inside: Swiss and Norwegian lessons for the UK

Policy brief by David Buchan, 24 September 2012

The Norwegian and Swiss association agreements with the EU increasingly frustrate many Norwegians, Swiss and the EU itself. They do not provide an attractive template for the UK.
Europe needs a Rooseveltian break with fear

Bulletin article by Hugo Brady, 27 July 2012

The EU has four freedoms – for the movement of goods, services, capital and people. Today, it needs a fifth: the freedom from fear. The euro has become a political doomsday machine, a time-bomb that threatens to destroy the great achievements of European integration: peace, political stability and the creation of the world's largest single market.
Britain, Europe and the City of London: Can the triangle be managed?

Essay by Philip Whyte, 20 July 2012

The City of London's future will be shaped not just by a tougher regulatory environment, but also by uncertainties about Britain's relations with the EU.
What Central Europe thinks of Britain and why

Insight by Tomas Valasek, 16 July 2012

Britain's plans to repatriate powers back from the EU require unanimous approval from other member-states. But not even the closest allies are prepared to give it.
Britain should not go Swiss

Insight by John Springford, 10 July 2012

Some British eurosceptics want the UK to be like Norway and Switzerland: semi-detached from the EU. They should be careful what they wish for.
Cameron's next European 'faux-pas'

Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
E!Sharp, 26 June 2012

Britain is now mulling an important decision which, despite being fiddly and legalistic, has profound implications for its own security and for Europe.

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