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  • Britain on the edge of Europe
    Insight by Charles Grant, 09 December 2011
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  • Europe's date with destiny
    Bulletin article by Hugo Brady, 01 August 2011
  • Europe's parliament: Reform or perish?
    Essay by Denis MacShane, 04 April 2011
  • An EU senate is superfluous
    Bulletin article by Richard Corbett, 02 April 2001

    The idea that the EU should create a second chamber for the European Parliament, composed of representatives from national parliaments, is a perennial favourite of member-state governments.
  • What comes after Nice
    Policy brief by Heather Grabbe, 02 February 2001

    Both the outcome at Nice and the methods used to achieve it have left widespread dissatisfaction. Any deal would have been good for enlargement, in allowing the EU to move ahead. But the unseemly spectacle of 15 countries scrambling for position was hardly a shining example of inter-governmentalism at work.
  • Making Lisbon work in Stockholm
    Bulletin article by Alasdair Murray, 01 February 2001

    Even by the standards of the EU's often optimistic policy aspirations, the decade-long economic reform process initiated at the Lisbon summit last March represents an ambitious programme.
  • Europe needs an avant-garde, but...
    Bulletin article by Jacques Delors , 02 October 2000

    I have always found talk about a European constitution unhelpful, for it is such an ambiguous term. My preferred formula is that Europe should be a "federation of nation states". What ties states together is a treaty.
  • A new institutional vision
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 02 October 2000

    As the EU prepares to become a club of 30-plus countries, the immense task of reforming its institutions - so that they can work effectivelyand gain some democratic credibility - will be unending.
  • Doing less to do more: A new focus for the EU
    Essay by Nick Clegg, 01 September 2000

    There is a commonly held misconception that the design of constitutions and governments is shaped by logic. It is often forgotten that accident, coincidence and personalities play as great a role in the formation of our political landscape as do the underlying forces of reason or common sense.
  • Mr Prodi's second chance
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 June 2000

    The Commission is no longer the driving force behind European integration. In most of the European Union's growth areas, such as foreign and defence policy, or justice and home affairs, the member-states are in charge.
  • European governance and the future of the Commission
    Working paper by Ben Hall, 05 May 2000

    No body has been so central to the development of the European Union as the Commission. It has been the architect and driving force behind the EU's greatest achievements, from the single market to the single currency.