Hollande & GermanyPolitical Union EU & corruption
  • Hollande, the Germans and 'political union'
    Insight by Charles Grant, 25 September 2012
    François Hollande
  • Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 09 October 2012
    Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?
  • The EU must fight corruption and defend the rule of law
    Insight by Hugo Brady, 14 June 2012
    EU & corruption
  • Europe beyond the referendums
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 June 2005

    The French and Dutch have not only stopped the passage of the constitutional treaty, but also, quite probably, the wave of European integration that began 20 years ago with Jacques Delors, the single market and the Single European Act.
  • Don't forget the Dutch referendum
    Briefing note by Daniel Keohane, 02 May 2005

    Three days after the French vote on the EU constitutional treaty on 29 May 2005 the Netherlands will hold its referendum. Current opinion polls predict that the Dutch will reject the treaty.
  • What happens if France votes No?
    Briefing note by Charles Grant, Hugo Brady, Katinka Barysch, 02 May 2005

    In just over two weeks France will hold a referendum on the EU constitutional treaty. The outcome of the 29 May 2005 referendum remains on a knife-edge with the latest polls suggesting the country is split down the middle.
  • Europe will survive a French Non
    Opinion piece by Mark Leonard
    Foreign Policy, 20 April 2005

    It's easy to argue that the European Union (EU) has been in a state of crisis since its inception more than 50 years ago. France voted “No” to European defense cooperation in 1954 and vetoed British EU membership in the 1960s.
  • The EU's common fisheries policy: The case for reform, not abolition
    Policy brief by Aurore Wanlin, 01 April 2005

    During the British general election campaign, political parties have found the EU's common fisheries policy (CFP) a temptingly soft target.
  • A French lesson for Europe? A guide to the referenda on the EU constitutional treaty
    Briefing note by Daniel Keohane, 01 April 2005

    On 29 May 2005 France will hold the second of ten national referenda on the EU constitutional treaty. The 25 EU governments have until November 2006 to ratify the treaty.
  • Making multilateralism work
    Bulletin article by Lord Hannay, 01 February 2005

    At their December 2003 summit, EU leaders nailed the concept of 'effective multilateralism' to their foreign policy mast. The governments said they were committed to upholding and improving international law; and to strengthening the United Nations (UN), by giving it the tools to do its work more effectively.
  • Will the French vote 'Non'
    Bulletin article by Aurore Wanlin , 01 February 2005

    President Jacques Chirac recently declared that the French referendum on the EU's constitutional treaty would take place "before the summer", and not in the second half of 2005 as previously planned.