Little or large? The EU budget and public perceptions
Dr Simon Usherwood It’s that time of year again, when the European Commission releases its draft budget for the following year, to howls ofanguish and disgust from all sides. I’ve already talked some...
View ArticleHey Big Spender – an Open Letter to Angela Merkel
by Prof Alex Warleigh-Lack Dear Chancellor Merkel, I am writing to ask you to rethink your insistence upon extreme austerity as the cure for the Euro-zone’s economic problems. If you do not change...
View ArticleThe International Political Economy of Euro 2012: “We’re drinking German money!”
by Dr Jack Holland As those of you who have taken my modules will know, unlike my colleagues, I’m not really one for European Politics. It’s all bratwursts and talking and complicated voting and...
View ArticleEppur si muove: Britain and the EU
Having already spent some time this week discussing Thatcher and the EU, there is a temptation to revisit the topic as part of the on-going efforts by (seemingly) every political commentator in the...
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