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Can national parliaments make the EU more legitimate?
Insight by Charles Grant, 10 June 2013
The EU's Rubik's cube: Who will lead after 2014?
Insight by Hugo Brady, 03 April 2013
Germany’s plans for treaty change – and what they mean for Britain
Insight by Charles Grant, 28 March 2013

Will other EU countries block any attempt by the UK to renegotiate its membership?

Opinion piece by John Springford
City A.M, 24 January 2013

David Cameron seems to have made it his mission to frustrate other EU countries. This means his plea for renegotiation will be (largely) rebuffed. What has Cameron done to upset the others?
Brytyjski ekspert: Cameron w sprawie budżetu Unii postawi na swoim

Opinion piece by John Springford
Gazeta Wyborcza, 23 November 2012

Brytyjski premier nie jest sam. Oszczędności chce Szwecja, Holandia i, co najważniejsze, Niemcy - mówi John Springford, analityk brytyjskiego think tanku Centre for European Reform
Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?

Insight by Philip Whyte, 09 October 2012

The eurozone needs to be embedded in a 'political union' if it is to work better. The question is: what sort of political union?
My state of the Union

Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
E!Sharp, 05 October 2012

President Barroso's team recently asked me to contribute to September's State of the EU speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. I thought the final product was rather good.
Hollande, the Germans and 'political union'

Insight by Charles Grant, 25 September 2012

François Hollande wants a more equal Franco-German relationship. But tensions over managing the eurozone crisis and reforming EU treaties are straining that relationship.
The EU must fight corruption and defend the rule of law

Insight by Hugo Brady, 14 June 2012

Policy-makers in Brussels worry increasingly about corruption, national mal-administration and the rule of law in the EU. New thinking is needed to address such concerns.
Ireland's fiscal treaty referendum: (More) fear and loathing in the eurozone?

Briefing note by Hugo Brady, 11 May 2012

Ireland votes on the EU’s new fiscal compact on May 31st. Hugo Brady assesses the chances of a Yes and the consequences of a No.
Would Orwell be pro-European?

Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
E!Sharp, 01 May 2012

George Orwell devoted a lot of his writing to how the use of language is intimately connected to the abuse of power by politicians and officials.

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