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BNE PRESS SUMMARY – Thursday, 23 May 2013
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EU tax regulations All 27 heads of state meeting in Brussels agreed in principle to start automatically sharing bank account information by the end of the year, but EU officials cautioned that similar promises in the past had failed to translate into...
David Cameron will watch closely as Tusk concedes treaty-breaking possibility of Polish euro referendum
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By Patrick O’Brien Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk took a big political gamble when he conceded the principle of holding a referendum on Polish euro membership on March 26. Pressure from the opposition pushed him into it and the repercus...
Cyprus II – there was time, they did get it right, but it was not the place for on-the-job training for new head of eurogroup
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By Phillip Souta As we – and many others – wrote last week, Mark 1 of the Cyprus deal was a complete shambles. The fact that the Troika and the Cypriot government arrived at the right conclusion in deal Mark 2 was a relief for the markets...
There’s still time to get Cyprus deal right
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By Liam Murphy Cypriots woke up on Saturday to the news that deposit holders would bear a significant amount of the burden in a deal aimed at rescuing the banking sector. Those with savings of less than €100,000 will face a ‘tax’ of...
Britain and the Future of Europe
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By Conor Brennan David Cameron’s EU negotiating strategy is “putting a gun to our own heads” warned Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, while Conservative MP Liam Fox would support Britain leaving the EU if the P...
A serious week in Europe with budget cuts, progress in Ireland and common sense on fisheries
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By Phillip Souta It was not “standing up to the EU” that delivered the Prime Minister’s objective of a slimmer EU budget, it was pragmatism and alliance building. We have been calling for radical reform of the EU budget since we wer...
BNE job: Intern
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We are looking for a highly organised, enthusiastic, and flexible intern to join our team in London. This is a primarily administrative support role. It will involve helping with office administration, such as dealing with telephone enquiries, diary...
Can Italy bridge the gap between North and South Europe?
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By Conor Brennan On Thursday 6 December 2012, Business for New Europe and the Italian Chamber Commerce and Industry to the UK held a panel discussion entitled “Can Italy Bridge the Gap between North and South Europe?” With the Italian Prime Minst...
BNE Job: Researcher
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Business for New Europe is looking for a highly organised, motivated, and flexible person to join our team. This is a hybrid role involving office administration, supporting the BNE team and research. Administration will involve day-to-day admin an...
Leveson – “clear evidence of misreporting on European issues”
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By Conor Brennan For those interested in the European debate, Volume 2, pages 687 and 688 of the Leveson Report make for interesting reading. Lord Justice Leveson said, “there is certainly clear evidence of misreporting on European issues....
Norway highlights need for UK engagement with the EU
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By Conor Brennan Speaking at the All Party Parliamentary Group on the EU on Monday 5 November, Professor Fredrik Sejersted, director of European Law at the University of Oslo said that Norway’s relationship with the EU is based on “dynamic homoge...
Nick Clegg wants “engaged and balanced” approach to the EU
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By Conor Brennan The UK will become “isolated and marginalised” if it is “pulled towards the edge” of the European Union stated Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Thursday 1 November. Clegg criticised the “proposals doing the rounds” o...
Protecting and harnessing the benefits of Intellectual Property
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By Conor Brennan The knowledge based industry, reliant on intellectual property rights (IPR), is among the fastest growing sectors in the EU – growing four times faster than the rest of the economy over the last decade. Nearly seven million people...
In Depth: Maximalism vs Minimalism? – Financial Sector Reform, Banking Union and the Internal Market
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By Morris Schonberg This is the third in a series of in depth pieces focusing on the legal framework underpinning the European Union’s single market, technically known as the internal market. The articles advocate reform and address the best ways...
Conservative Party Conference Blog: Is Europe part of the problem or part of the solution?
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By Ariane Poulain Our final panel discussion in the ‘Europe: From Crisis to Growth’ series, hosted in partnership with the Centre for European Reform and Open Europe, and sponsored by JPMorgan, was held last night at the Conservative Part...
Conservative Party Conference Fringe Event: We need to talk about Brussels
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By Lucy Thomas Yesterday evening in Birmingham, Europe minister David Lidington told BNE’s fringe event that “the European Commission tests its success by the volume of legislation it...
Labour Conference Blog: Is Europe part of the problem or part of the solution?
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By Lucy Thomas At a BNE fringe in Manchester last night Stewart Wood, a close advisor to Ed Miliband, said “The likelihood of David Cameron being able to renegotiate a significant number of policies with the EU is a real red herring” and that “...
Labour Conference Blog: Europe, from Crisis to Growth
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By Lucy Thomas At a joint fringe held by BNE, CER and Open Europe, sponsored by JP Morgan at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on the Eurozone crisis, Douglas Alexander criticised the government’s decision to exercise the UK’s opt out fro...
Making sense of the government’s Balance of Competencies review
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By Conor Brennan Director of Business for New Europe, Phillip Souta, said businesses were “worried the UK is becoming isolated from the EU” at a Review of the Balance of Competences event at the European Parliament offices in the UK this morning.
Liberal Democrat Conference Blog: Europe, from crisis to growth
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By Ariane Poulain David Laws, newly re-appointed to the cabinet, said that Britain was, “not separate from the eurozone crisis,” at a panel discussion hosted by BNE, the Centre for European Reform and Open Europe. The discussion, in partnership w...
