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The making of European leaders: who selects the president(s)? by Ronny Patz

Fellow euroblogger Jon Worth has spent some time gathering thoughts and evidence around the coming European Union leadership following the 2014 European Parliament elections, a start of discussions applauded by other bloggers. Jon has listed a number of candidates for the next European Commission President (of the centre-right, the centre left, or the rest), for the next European [...]

Righteousness and risk in building a European policy by PoliticsatSurrey

Another week, another car-crash of public policy. After last night’s vote on the amendment to the Queen’s speech – with more than half of all Tory backbenchers voting in favour of the motion – it is hard to see how today’s ballot for private member’s bills won’t result in the draft bill on a referendum [...]

147 UKIP councillors doesn’t mean much in local politics … yet by localperspectives

Last week, local elections were held across England. This election has been characterized by the media as the national ‘breakthrough moment’ for the Euro-sceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP). 147 UKIP councillors were elected, a gain of 139 seats. UKIP’s share of the vote was largely taken from the Conservatives and most UKIP gains were in the Conservative heartland of south-east England. This may [...]

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