Can the EU laugh at itself?
From the Czech presidency’s ominous start with the gas crisis in the previous Europe blog, they faced a diplomatic predicament of an altogether more jocular sort last week as the ‘Entropa: Borders...
View ArticleEU Schengen Shambles
So far, 2011 is not proving to be a very decisive year for the EU. A month of mulling over Hungary’s untimely media clamp-downs, a series of vague statements urging ‘dialogue’ as the protests in North...
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Political scandal in Bulgaria could affect elections
Bulgaria’s wiretapping scandal, dubbed as the country’s ‘Watergate’ is a messy criss-crossing of accusations and leaked wiretaps. Former agricultural minister Naydenov has accused ex-interior minister...
View ArticleBulgaria forms new minority government
After a bleak start to the year, which has so far been peppered by social unrest and political scandals, Bulgaria has sworn in a new government. The country has been without a stable administration...
View ArticleRenegotiation goals: a flexible EU
Civitas has taken up the challenge of David Cameron’s proposed EU renegotiation. In a detailed study out today, Glyn Gaskarth examines the breadth of Union powers and describes what the UK should...
View ArticleIntegration is the best policy for 2014′s Romanian and Bulgarian migrants
On 1 January 2014, Romanian and Bulgarian citizens will gain all the same rights as French, German and Dutch ex-pats in the UK. Some will come to Britain, although nobody is sure how many. The...
View ArticleCameron’s migrant block: hearts & minds in reverse?
Romanian and Bulgarian migrants might face continued restrictions to rights and benefits in the UK after 1 January 2014, according to sources near David Cameron. He wants to double (or possible...
View Article‘Nasty Country’ immigrant restraints are old, wrong or useless
Before we knew Cameron’s Romanian/Bulgarian restriction details, I predicted they‘d be more hot air than substance. Analysis shows the Tory proposals are either already in law, unenforceable or...
View ArticleFeared flood of Bulgarian and Romanian workers failed to materialise
The number of Bulgarian and Romanian workers in the UK fell in the first quarter after transitional restrictions were lifted at New Year 2014. For whatever reason, the feared flood of migrants has...
View ArticleBulgaria goes back to the polls
Bulgaria will go to the polls on October 5th for what will be the third time in the last two years. The EU’s poorest country has changed hands back and forth between the centre-right GERB party and the...
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