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So College of Europe funding is safe then?

By Jon on March 5, 2010

Seems that BIS has had a re-think and reckons that the UK should still provide some scholarships to the College of Europe in Bruges, as reported in today’s FT. This is an issue that I first covered here on 29th January this year, so the change of heart has also happened rather swiftly. Interestingly today’s [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog, UK Politics | Tagged BIS, Bruges, College of Europe, European Fast Stream, FT | 4 Responses

If you want to be a Eurocrat you have to be an arch-federalist – FT just uses the same old broken frames

By Jon on February 4, 2010

It’s good to see that the story that the UK government is cutting funding for the College of Europe is starting to be seen more widely – today’s FT has a story entitled “Funding cut for places at Eurocrat college“. I first wrote about the issue on Friday last week – maybe the FT Brussels people do keep an [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog, UK Politics | Tagged Bruges, College of Europe, Eurocrats, Federalism, Financial Times, Nick Clegg | 2 Responses

How much does it cost a country to buy some influence in Brussels?

By Jon on January 29, 2010

It’s one of Tony Blair’s best known phrases, a promise to put Britain at the heart of Europe. Leaving the big issues (Euro, Iraq) to one side, any relationship with the European Union needs people to make the relationship work, and that’s the focus of this blog entry – where are those people, and how can you [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog, UK Politics | Tagged Bruges, College of Europe, European Fast Stream, Natolin, UK-EU Relations | 8 Responses