2012: A bad start for the Euro? The new year started like the old one; with bad news By Christian Meyer zu Natrup The Break Up of Britain Why a post-Scottish independence ‘United Kingdom of Southern Britain and Northern Ireland’ would be one of Europe’s most oddly named and short-lived states. By Nick Powell Kazakhstan Elections: Pluralism Became Reality The extraordinary elections to the Parliament of Kazakhstan didn’t bring any surprises. By Colin Stevens €40 Billion export potential with Japan and Korea As two...
Read this magazine  Cameron's high-stakes game The British Prime Minister will have to play his cards carefully or his gamble could backfire.  By Frank Prenesti   What next for Europe The Euro, and the process of European integration, wasn’t designed for this. By Peter Beckett   Leaders tumble as Euro debt crisis spirals out of control  What the Greek crisis forever instilled in the European mindset is the sense that someone, somewhere is hiding another skeleton in the closet. By...
Read this magazine Back to Basics If the EU really wants to make progress in helping its development partners achieve the Millennium Development Goal of eradicating poverty and hunger, then the health of rural economies should be the yardstick for progress, not GDP.Shutting out Turkey - A missed opportunity Instead of alienating Turkey, the EU should get off the fence and acknowledge that enlargement has been EU’s biggest success story to date. Is the glass half empty or half full? Is EU regional aid working?   North-west Bulgaria is the...
Read this magazine The EU at homeThe Non-Competitiveness pactAs the crisis in the eurozone continues, have efforts to drive political integration alongside economic integration paid off?The Strasbourg IssueAshley Fox MEP explains the growing pressure for a single seat for the European Parliament.Where next in the debate on lobbying in brussels?Most industries shy away from regulation, but could it be that EU lobbyists might have more to gain than to lose from legislation?Enhanced Cooperation ProcedureIan Phillips takes us on...
Read this magazine Finance Ploughing a familiar furrowBritish Prime Minister David Cameron finds himself caught between his euroskeptic back bench and a pro European coalition partner. How is he faring at walking the line between the two? Four Lessons From The BailoutsWhat should Europe’s politics of financial distress teach us? Estonia Leaps into the great unkownAs Estonia joins the Eurozone at a particularly awkward time in the currency’s history, can the risk pay off? The EU at home Saving To SpendDoes the Commission’s...
Read this magazine   FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH A look at the EU’s Free Trade Agreements and a warning against the EU’s protectionist tendencies. THE START OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP? David Cameron’s pro-EU credentials may be stronger than he lets on. THE EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE: A ROUGH GUIDE? Ian Phillips talkes a look at the new European External Action Service and fi nds that there is still much to be worked out. G20 SUMMIT IN SEOUL Have the lessons from the fi nancial...
Read this magazine Economy The Entrepreneur As A Social HeroNicolas White speaks to SME Union President Peter Jungen about the Commission’s proposals for a financial transaction tax and the state of SMEs in the EU. The World’s Greatest Bank Job?Max Lawson argues for a financial transaction tax citing the good the money raised could do… if used properly. The EU At Home The Citizen’s Initiative – An NGO’s Dream?Ian Phillips explains how the European Citizen’s Initiative will work in practice and just...
Read this magazine The world is widely predict to be facing increased population and food shortages. We focus on the debate about GM crops. Also how Britons locked out of their property in Bulgaria are defending their rights. We also look at claims that Fairtrade may not be all it claims. EDITORIAL Media Granules in the gravy THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY IN EUROPE Professor Ian Fells says time is running out and the EU faces a future dominated by imported gas. THE UP-COMING...
Read this magazine In this edition : WHO WILL LOSE THE LEAST? Nick Assinder reports from Westminster on the up-coming election prospects. AFTER THE FIRES Kriton Arsenis MEP suggests that the EU is failing to prevent forest fires and suggests property interests were involved in August’s fires in Greece. NATO: OVERSHADOWED BY NEW ALLIANCES As the Lisbon Treaty comes into force NATO is being overshadowed by new alliances and democratic systems may be out of step, says Gary Cartwright. THE FALLEN EU FLAG OF ISTANBUL’S GRAND BAZAAR Emre Kizilkaya writing from...
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    Putin’s Russia: Farwell to Stability!     Pro-Putin and pro-democracy forces are trying to influence the EU position towards the Russian parliamentary elections and beyond.     By Anna Vvedenskaia     Saving Doha (and the WTO)     Without an agreement on Doha, the WTO is in danger of becoming irrelevant     by Dr. Adrian Flint, University of Bristol and Christian Meyer zu Natrup     Kazakhstan encourages as a multi-party democracy.     Kazakhstan is signaling its determination to develop towards Western style democracy     By Colin Stevens     An unknown entity enters the GMO...
Read this magazine Restructuring the EUROpe   by Christian Meyer zu NatrupThe never-ending debt crisis in the EURO-zone has more to do with the lack of political governance of the common currency than the economic strength underpinning it.  STILL FEISTY AT FIFTY By Jim GIBBONSHow a little known Council of Europe Treaty still has the power to change after half a centuryA call for urgent action on climate change  By Anne StaufferA call for governments around the world to...
Read this magazine THE EU AND THE WORLD ALL CHANGE AT THE IMF The race to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the helm of the IMF is underway. Who are the runners and riders? THE EU's COMMON FOREIGN POLICY - JUST ON PAPER? What does Europe's reaction to the Libya crisis reveal about Europe's common foreign policy? SAVING SHENGEN The rise of the far right and uprisings in North Africa pose a serious threat to passport free travel, but could it be saved by...
Read this magazine THE EU AT HOMECONUNDRUMS AND CLARITYDavid Cameron has come out in support of a “muscular liberalism” but, as Frank Prenesti explains, things aren’t that easy.EU CONSUMER LAW: REDRAWING THE MAPSA look at the Consumer Rights Directive currently pending. Does it protect consumers or could they fi nd themselves worse off?A COMIC BOOK FARRAGO OR A REAL PARLIAMENT?What exactly within the walls the European parliament? Our man in Brussels investigates.LEGAL ACTION FOR ACCESS TO FTA DOCUMENTSA...
Read this magazine FINANCE DOES SOCIAL EUROPE HAVE A FUTURE?Does the new age of austerity spell the end for social Europe and does it even serve a purpose anymore? THE IRISH BAILOUT AND EUROPEAN STABILITY MECHANISMHas the EU learned the right lessons from Greece? Christian Meyer zu Natrup asks the question and examines the European Stability Mechanism   PAYING FOR THE SINS OF OTHERSA look at the euro crisis from across the pond. Has the single currency been undermined by its own...
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Read this magazine In this special edition of EU reporter we examine some of the issues being discussed at the European Business Summit as well as new developments and political assessments of Europe's energy future including shale Gas and Vice President of the European Parliament Edward MacMillan-Scott argues that the Coalition in the UK should extend to Brussels. Contents EU REPORTER UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP WHO'S WEARING THE CAP? SHALE GAS AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN EUROPE ENERGY FOR EUROPE: FUELLING GROWTH NEW CHANCES...
Read this magazine We focus on the growing media crisis in Europe and demands that public money should support "independent" media. Also, industry opposition to the up-coming RoHS Directive, calls for action on tobacco smuggling, energy and some lessons for the EU institutions arising from the Commissioner hearing in the European Parliament. In this edition: EDITORIAL Media and democracy, a crisis. CHEMICALS Cillian Donnelly reports on the concerns about the up- coming RoHS Directive. Rapporteur Jill Evans offers her perspective on the RoHS Directive. Cillian...
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