• Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    G4S International, 02 June 2006

    A new Europol threat assessment will focus efforts to tackle rising gang crime in the EU, writes Hugo Brady of the Centre for European reform.

  • Policy brief by Hugo Brady, 06 April 2006

    Cross-border crime is on the rise across the European Union. Member-states have committed themselves to fighting this trend by closer co-operation in justice and home affairs (JHA).

  • Policy brief by Charles Grant, Hugo Brady, Katinka Barysch, Simon Tilford, 03 February 2006

    The European Union is suffering from a profound malaise. There have been difficult times in the past – such as the 'empty chair' left by General de Gaulle in the mid-1960s, the rows over the British budget contribution in the early 1980s, and the struggles to ratify the Maastricht treaty and preserve the Exchange Rate Mechanism in the early 1990s.

  • Briefing note by Hugo Brady, 11 October 2005

    The fight against international terrorism is a key priority of Britain's EU presidency. Following the July London bombings, the British government is understandably keen to speed up European counter-terrorism efforts.

  • Bulletin article by Hugo Brady, 03 October 2005

    Even the most hardened eurosceptic admits the need for closer EU co-operation to fight terrorism, organised crime and illegal immigration. While criminals and terrorists can move easily between EU countries, national policemen cannot.

  • Working paper by Daniel Keohane, 06 May 2005

    Ever since terrorist bombs killed nearly 200 people in Madrid in March 2004, EU politicians have argued for greater European co-operation in fighting terrorism.

  • Bulletin article by Mónica Roma, 01 June 2004

    Many people in Britain dislike the EU's new constitutional treaty. Some business leaders and journalists even claim that the charter of fundamental rights - seemingly the most harmless part of the new treaty - will have serious and sinister consequences.

  • Bulletin article by Mónica Roma, 01 April 2004

    One of the EU's greatest achievements is the abolition of internal border controls, which allow its citizens to move freely from one member-state to another.