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ECHR Prisoner Voting Rights Decision Fans Flames of U.K. Euroskepticism
August 13, 2014
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") has held that the U.K. ban on prisoner voting is a human rights violation.
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EU Announces Additional Funding to France
August 13, 2014
The Express reports that the EU has announced additional funding from its budget, funded by member states, to France for training and education to revive the country's struggling economy.
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London Report: Leaving EU Is "Viable Option"
August 06, 2014
A report on the U.K.'s relationship with the EU commissioned by London Mayor Boris Johnson finds that a British exit from the bloc would be a "viable option" for London and that the only way the British Government can achieve significant reforms in the EU is if it is serious about the possibility of leaving.
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Elliott: EU Financial Tsar Would Be "Disaster" for U.K.
August 06, 2014
Matthew Elliott of Business for Britain writes that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's plans for a powerful EU financial directorate would be "a call for Britain to accept flagrant economic self-harm."
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Craddock: EU Denies Participatory Democracy
August 06, 2014
Josh Craddock writes that the European Commission's summary dismissal of the "One of Us" citizens' initiative, which sought to prevent EU funding of embryo destruction, demonstrates the existence of a "democratic deficit" in the EU.