Ahead of the elections europp s managing editor stuart brown spoke to mats persson the director of open europe about his views on the european parliament the role of national parliaments in the integration process and whether the efforts to reform the european union advocated by british prime minister david cameron are likely.
Mats persson open europe twitter.
It has become clear over the past few months that german.
In 2012 however rennie noted that open europe had by then fallen in with the europhile consensus saying the hostility of earlier reports was muted under open europe s then director mats persson and that the group had worked to shake off an early reputation as a partisan campaign group which concentrated exclusively on negative aspects.
Uk benefits and eu migrants changing the rules over access to benefits and tax credits for eu migrants in the uk might be a perfect compromise says open europe.
Extraordonarily neo nazi golden dawn could end up with more seats than pasok who won 44 of votes in 2009 election.
He has written extensively on eu policy including on the eurozone crisis financial.
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By tim montgomerie although open europe s mats persson concedes that the coalition has disappointed eurosceptics so far he argues that the referendum lock announced yesterday by europe minister david lidington should not be dismissed.
But at the same time some people would consider it a bit strange.
Open europe s mats persson.
On a blog for the spectator s coffee house he explains why.
Mats persson is the director of open europe an independent think tank which calls for reform of the eu.
After graduating from the london school of economics in 2007 he joined open europe as a researcher and worked his way up diversifying the all british staff opening offices in brussels and.
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New crises situations and politicians egos will always drive the need for another treaty and.
European parliament elections are due to be held in may 2014.
It s good for the eu to have a bit of encouragement.