Recent visitors to Spain have noticed the excellent motorway system the country has recently built – indeed, it almost seems a case of overkill, as a lot of them seem to be empty. It’s the same with Spain’s airports. The […]
It is now six months since elections to the European Parliament returned the highest percentage ever of EU-critical MEPs of varying hues. Since then, for the UK electorate, the focus has been on UK withdrawal and the torrid time David […]
By Dr Anthony Coughlan The most important power-political change made by the 2009 Treaty of Lisbon, which gave the European Union its own Constitution, is that it provides that from Saturday 1 November 2014 law-making in the EU will be […]
France is going backwards, Le Pen is going forwards, Italy is going nowhere, and the Brits just want to go. France’s insuperable problems are still by far the most likely to unravel the EU and its currency… as well as push […]
Once the Scottish referendum result is known and digested, focus will inevitably turn to another referendum – on whether we should leave the EU. Much depends on how much wool can be pulled over the electorate’s eyes. It is becoming […]
Dutch fruit and vegetable growers are set to benefit from a €125m compensation package set up by the EU following the imposition of an import ban by Russia. The money will go to compensate growers for not harvesting or removing […]
