[Gabriel Byng]
The EU, to the average right-wing Europhobe, is a communist plot: a last, sneaky, Stalinist attempt to force Europe into a left-wing economic strait-jacket and liberal economics into a Siberian gulag. A trawl through the Telegraph comment pages or a scan through CU Conservative Association’s blog displays a deep set belief that, in addition […]
A bureaucratic hell-hole?
Forty years on, the spirit of ‘68 returns
[Thomas McGee]
Recent student demonstrations in universities across France have reinforced the popular image of a politically aware, committed nation. By contrast, Britain’s student population is often portrayed as rather apathetic. While educational institutions in both countries face many similar difficulties, a cross-Channel comparison is problematic. There are a number of different structural and cultural factors […]
Central European unease
[Sonia Urbancikova]
The strains of the Ode to Joy echoed out once again last December as the leaders of the twenty-seven EU member states met in Lisbon to sign the new EU Treaty. Its stated aim is to “streamline decision-making in the newly expanded bloc”. But the EU’s federalising tendencies completely ignore the fact that the […]