Iain Martin

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Europa,

The European Union’s claim to potential greatness rests, according to its supporters, on it being a giant bloc that can wield power globally by dint of its scale and sheer sophistication. In the face of this regulatory and diplomatic behemoth, silly little Brexit Britain, marooned, doomed, deluded, supposedly stands no chance.

How delicious then that the EU itself has provided a timely corrective to this narrative by revealing, once again, its true clodhopping character when it plays geopolitics.

This week, EU officials are rushing to conclude an investment pact with the Chinese Communist Party before the year ends. Chinese state media reported that the talks are in the “final stretch”.…  Seguir leyendo »

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"The Bill is sunk,” said a peer emerging from the House of Lords late on Friday afternoon. Although members of the upper chamber seated on the red benches were still discussing the piece of prospective legislation that aims to enshrine the promise of a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, it had, as a veteran of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinets acknowledged, been holed below the water line.

For months, Tory MPs – backed by the Prime Minister – have been attempting to push through a Bill providing for an in-out vote on the EU by 2017. It was passed by the Commons and moved to the Lords for consideration.…  Seguir leyendo »