Douglas Carswell and John Redwood pile pressure on Cameron over EU Economic Governance
By Tim Montgomerie Who has the real power in UK-EU relations? Douglas Carswell, noting that policy towards the EU seems… Read more »
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David Cameron mocked by Ed Miliband for abandoning campaign to freeze EU budget
By Tim Montgomerie Highlights, not verbatim. David Cameron used his statement to say (1) that the UK had successfully led… Read more »
“Cameron may well have severely underplayed the UK’s hand” says Open Europe
Mats Persson of Open Europe examines David Cameron's performance at the EU summit. The EU's immediate budget: "Cameron has the… Read more »
Despite massive whipping operation, 37 Conservative MPs vote to cut UK contribution to EU
By Tim Montgomerie Yesterday I highlighted an attempt, led by Douglas Carswell, to reduce Britain's contribution to the EU. The… Read more »
34 35 Conservative MPs say the EU shouldn’t get extra money at a time of cuts
By Tim Montgomerie As Alex Deane has already pointed out to ConHome readers, while nearly every other budget is being… | 103 comments
Mats Persson of Open Europe defends the Coalition’s referendum lock
By Tim Montgomerie Although Open Europe's Mats Persson concedes that the Coalition has disappointed Eurosceptics so far he argues that… Read more »
Britain will not be able to stop EU ministers ganging up to impose damaging new rules on City of London
By Tim Montgomerie A new report from Open Europe exposes the risk to the supremacy of Britain's financial services industry… Read more »
Theresa May defends European Investigation Order as necessary for cross-border crime-fighting but backbench Tory MPs warn her that it is an EU ‘power grab’
By Tim Montgomerie In the Commons yesterday the Home Secretary explained to MPs why the Government was adopting the European… Read more »
Votes from Tory MEPs were “decisive” in speedy expansion of the EU’s foreign service
Last Thursday, on the orders of William Hague, the ECR group in the European Parliament, that includes Tory MEPs, voted… Read more »
Is there a plot to block Bill Cash from chairing the European Scrutiny Committee?
Wednesday July 7th update: BIll Cash has in the event been nominated unopposed to chair the European Scrutiny Committee. He… Read more »
Iceland must repay UK depositors if it wants to join EU, warns Cameron
Pasted below are highlights of David Cameron's statement to the Commons yesterday, reporting back from last week's EU leaders summit…. Read more »
William Hague sets out Coalition’s EU policy in House of Commons
Key extracts from William Hague's speech to the Commons yesterday on the Coalition's EU policy. Hague identifies extravagant spending as… Read more »
David Curry predicts the Conservatives will be less reluctant Europeans, once in government
Yesterday we featured David Curry's striking warning about difficult years ahead for local government. In his valedictory speech to the… Read more »
Open Europe says Tory regulatory policy must focus on EU red tape
A new report from Open Europe, reported in today's FT, warns that 72% of the costs associated with regulation are… Read more »
The top 100 most costly EU regulations
Open Europe recently published a list of the 100 most costly EU regulations. See this PDF. Four directives account for… Read more »