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Pascal Lamy presents the European Ocean Pact in Nice

New edition in preparation….

RIP Claus Dieter Ehlermann - outstanding EU lawyer, director general, spokesman, public servant and professor

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Interesting paper by Sir Julian King ⤵️

Two ways to go:

1/ a 🇬🇧-🇪🇺 security agreement, Canada-like, to be negotiated,

or 2/ the UK applying to the 🇪🇺SM, which could be quickly done.

UK’s choice.

It can be done in parallel with military deployment.

Let’s hurry up !

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Europe has to pay more for its own defence.

One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.

One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵

🚨NEW RESEARCH🚨

Closer ties with the EU could deliver growth of up to 2.2%.

Clawing back up to half of the damage caused by Brexit.

Delivering double the impact of a UK-US trade deal, according to the govt's own analysis.

And all within Starmer's red lines.
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Ask Belgium, expert in flagging coalitions. The “Arizona” Government starts today.

'The Professor clearly doesn't understand trade' Cheers, Lord Lilley... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqE8...

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PEM is not a customs union, spread the word.

This week's edition of MFN is called "PEM is not a Customs Union", and it is about why PEM is not a Customs Union.

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This is an astonishing thing for a British MP to say. Astonishing. Even from someone of Jenrick's base disposition. It is obviously, patently racist. More importantly, it encourages violent racist extremism.

The Separated by a Common Language UK-to-US Word of the Year 2024 is: FORTNIGHT.

With thanks to @helenzaltzman.bsky.social, @byagoda.bsky.social, Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff

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#Hommage Jacques Delors nous quittait il y a un an. Toutes les équipes des instituts de Paris, Berlin et Bruxelles lui rendent hommage avec émotion et reconnaissance.

Son souvenir et ses idéaux continueront à inspirer notre engagement en faveur de l’unité des Européens.

Times headline 20/12 “Budget has caused economy to stagnate, Bank of England says”; article says Bank warned economy is stagnating after the budget. No source provided for either statement. Neither propter nor post hoc. Poor journalism.

I am speaking at The Economist’s Antitrust Summit in London on 27 February 2025. Join more than 350 competition professionals to explore the complexities and concerns of this important subject.

Trust… and lots of common rules

George Peretz: The Policy Exchange Paper on the Attorney General’s New Legal Risk Guidelines: Excited Adjectives, Unpersuasive Analysis ukconstitutionallaw.org/2024/12/04/g...

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