Open Europe has today published a new briefing arguing that, at this week's EU summit and moving forward, the UK Government should seek an “emergency brake” over future EU financial laws to ensure continued trade and growth in this sector. The briefing notes that the UK financial services sector contributed £53.

There are few writers on European affairs as honest and open as Ralf Grahn the Finnish legal expert on matters EU. On his blog Granhlaw,he asks how the Irish can take part in a democratic future for Europe, if they refuse to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. My reply to him is that Europe does not have a democratic future, as the wishes of its people are being ignored. The worry is that as the EU presses ...

While the global financial crisis should not have a "huge impact" on the European economy, the downturn is not good for confidence and augurs badly for the adoption of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker predicted.

From Aktualne/Czech News Prague - Twenty years following the fall of communism the Czech Republic is at EU's helm. But for years the EU member states cannot decide what form the constitutional treaty should take. Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church, is adamant that behind the failure to adopt the euro-treaty is the absence of what Europe feels natural about - Ch...

An article on EurActiv featuring an interview with the Swedish Secretary of State for Europe, Maria Asenius, has a headline that reads “EU can function without Lisbon Treaty”. It reports that, several “leading EU politicians digress from the thesis that the Lisbon Treaty is necessary for the effective functioning of the enlarged EU.

Following on from by betting post, the Irish have voted "yes" to the Lisbon Treaty, I bet on a "no" vote. My Mum always said to be humble in defeat, humble is not quite what I'm feeling right now after loosing money. Yet what's important is what happens now for Europe, what the treaty means for Britain and the EU. In the interests of disclosure, I'm not anti EU but pro EU with reform, I don't feel...

Open Europe the soi-disant "independent think-tank" that calls for the "radical reform of the EU" without ever specifying how it could be achieved, is all excited about William Hague's interview in the Financial Times this morning."Tories would seek to scupper EU Treaty" screams the headline. Worse, the first two paragraphs add:An incoming Conservative government would lead a Europe-wide camp...

The Sunday Express reported on Open Europe’s new report – “How the EU is watching you – the rise of Europe’s surveillance state”, published today, which argues that when the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, the EU will be able to accelerate a raft of controversial new proposals which are set to radically increase the EU’s role in policing, criminal and security ...

The Republic of Ireland votes in a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty, on a crucial day for the future of the union.

Deep split opens up in Coalition as Deputy PM "bitterly disappointed" at Cameron's decision to opt out of EU treaty, saying it could leave Britain as the "lonely man of Europe".