The European Greens are advertising for a European Parliament campaign manager job in Brussels, prompting this little exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kirschly/status/949017678534053888 Correct. It’s the sort of job I’d jump at the chance to do. But Brexit stops me. For I cannot leave Germany for now. Due to Brexit I have […]
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Saying the EU needs reform has become a truism, but there’s no consensus on what to reform or how
Timothy Garton Ash, in a column for The Guardian about the task facing Macron after his election on Sunday, sums up the new French President’s challenges in the EU thus: it’s great that Macron also wants to reform the EU, but that’s not in his gift. With Brexit talks already […]
Enlightenment pro-EU, versus values based pro-EU – some thoughts about Garton Ash and an in-out referendum
So Timothy Garton Ash has nailed his colours to the mast in The Guardian, and stated the case for an in-or-out of the EU referendum in the UK to be held sometime between 2015 and 2020. Loads of people are jumping up and down about TGA’s piece – everyone from […]