Attacks on Ashton as misleading as they are unhelpful
Katharina Klebba, events manager of the Fabian Society, on the many attacks on European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Baroness Catherine Ashton.
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Urgency of Now: Reforming fisheries policy, protecting biodiversity
William Bain MP, the shadow food, farming and fisheries minister, writes on the need to reform the Common Fisheries Policy and the need to protect biodiversity.
Blair’s elected EU President plan not as far-fetched as it sounds
Left Foot Forward’s Ben Fox reports from Brussels on former prime minister Tony Blair’s plans for a European Union President.
Ashton brokers deal to keep Bosnia from ethnic division
Ben Fox reports from Brussels on European Union foreign affairs chief Baroness Catherin Ashton’s success in securing a deal to keep Bosnia from ethnic division.
EU ministers shut the door on North African refugee crisis
Ben Fox reports from Brussels on the lurch to the right among European Union home affairs ministers, who are threatening to close the door on North African refugees.
Attacked from all sides, Baroness Ashton’s position is getting perilous
Jon Worth reports from Brussels on the increasing precariousness of Baroness Catherine Ashton’s position as European Union foreign affairs chief.
Daily Express indulges its EU madness. Again
When it comes to publishing ill-informed nonsense about the European Union, the Sun and the Daily Mail have always been tough to beat. But the Daily Express is giving them a good run for their money.
The horror of human trafficking, the “modern form of slavery”
After months of opposing the European Union’s Directive on Human Trafficking, the UK government recently backtracked and decided to sign up, with both Labour and the Liberal Democrats praising the u-turn and equally claiming credit for the rethink; Claire French reports.
UK’s urban sprawl needs to be binned
Mark Anderson reports on the damaging social and environmental effects of UK zoned, suburbanised town planning.
Britain: Euroconfused not Eurosceptic
Joe Litobarski analyses two recent polls that throw new light on the British public’s opinions on European Union, which challenge the UK’s image as a ‘Eurosceptic’ nation.