Posts Tagged ‘EU’

Britain or Europe?

Britain or Europe?

If this is the beginning of the end of Britain’s involvement in the European Union it will radically transform the Welsh constitutional debate

Iceland’s hard lessons

Iceland’s hard lessons

Half-hearted measures of lending money money to Greece simply extends the pain and underestimates how bad things are. Does the experience of Iceland present any useful lessons ?

The EU: a fictional future

The EU: a fictional future

Are we heading towards becoming the United States of Europe? What are the possible futures of the European Union? Welsh MEP John Bufton plays with fact and fiction

When there’s not plenty more fish in the sea

When there’s not plenty more fish in the sea

Our insatiable demand for fish is depleting the oceans to the point where we won’t be able to eat them anymore. The fault lies with a European Common Fisheries Policy that is making fishing unsustainable and destroying a way of life in the developing world

The rubble from which devolution was built

The rubble from which devolution was built

Home rule’s roots lie far back in history, but the fall of communism was a crucial turning point

Europe’s dog days

Europe’s dog days

We’re fed up with Westminster and not yet in love with devolution, but still we reject the EU. The answer may have less to do with fears of a superstate, and more to do with the way we grew to know “the continent”

How many times do you get to say no?

How many times do you get to say no?

Ireland goes the the polls again on whether to reform the EU’s creaking institutions. If a narrow “no” there occasions a immediate second vote why can’t Wales’s leaders be bolder about our own referendum?

The Narrative of Decline

The Narrative of Decline

The statues are falling all over Wales, and it is for more long-term reasons than just MPs’ expenses