The EU in 2010 - what to expect from the Spanish EU Presidency
From 1 January 2010, Spain takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU, currently held by Sweden.
In a new briefing note, Open Europe outlines the main priorities for the Spanish EU Presidency, and takes a look ahead to key events and developments in the EU in 2010.
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Top 100 EU regulations to cost UK economy £184 billion by 2020
Open Europe has published a ‘Top 100 list’ of the most costly EU regulations introduced in the UK since 1998, and estimates that they will cost the UK economy £184 billion between 2010 and 2020.
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To read the full Top 100 list click here.
How a Conservative government could tackle EU social policy
In the first in a series of papers looking at which policy areas a Conservative government should prioritise under its declared aim to “repatriate” powers from the EU, Open Europe details how the Conservatives could go about the repatriation of EU social and employment policy in practice.
To read the briefing click here.
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Eurozone: out of the woods, or off the cliff?
Tuesday 27 October 2009, 10.30am - 12pm, London
Speakers included:
Otmar Issing, former member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
David Marsh, Chairman of the London and Oxford Group
Derek Scott, former Economics Advisor to Tony Blair
Chair: William Keegan, Senior Economics Commentator, The Observer
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New Open Europe research finds top 100 EU regulations will cost UK economy £184 billion by 2020
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Writing on EUobserver, Open Europe's Mats Persson argues that the EU budget is “unmanageable” and that large parts of regional and rural development spending should be repatriated to the member states.