Labour MEPs vote against EU budget
Labour MEPs today voted against the EU budget for the years 2014-2020. Glenis Willmott, Leader of the Labour…
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Cameron’s bad week for the UK’s real engagement in Europe
At Friday’s EU Banking Summit David Cameron had a meeting in a side room with the rump of…
The savaging of Angela Merkel
During the 2005 election, Angela Merkel found herself fending off claims that she would be the German answer…
Labour should push for 16 year olds to get a vote in the 2014 Euro elections
News this week that 16 and 17 year olds will be voting in the Scottish independence referendum has…
Cameron wants a ‘veto moment’ – but is an opt-out really a good thing for the UK?
In his strategy to neutralise the threat of UKIP before the next election David Cameron will plan ‘veto…
Market abuse should lead to jail
This week in the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Euro MPs backed by a massive majority my…
There’s no future for young people in Europe with the Tories
A year ago I met a group of young Spanish workers who had walked to Brussels to call…
The end of euro-apathy and euro-antipathy in the Labour Party?
For years now, Labour’s MEPs have come to Conference expecting apathy or even antipathy towards the EU. Those…
Labour MEP to step down
North East Labour MEP Stephen Hughes has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2014. He has served…
Francois Hollande’s new vision for Europe
François Hollande has been in power for less than six months and we are already seeing a new…
