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Nigel Lawson is 'wrong' - leaving EU would damage the UK economy

Former British chancellor Nigel Lawson got it wrong on the economy, wrong on climate change and is now wrong on Europe – insists Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall

» Integration and enlargement feature

EU-Canada trade agreement threatens European fracking bans

Rafa Sanudo cartoon - shale gas
As European member states consider the implications of environmentally risky shale gas development, the proposed EU-Canada trade agreement could give energy companies new powers to challenge fracking bans through the back door – claims Pia Eberhardt

» Energy feature

Costly 'Star Wars' defence programme needs a rethink

European missil defence
The risk of wasting large sums of money at a time of savage defence cuts should help US senators to reassess their views on missile defence and Europeans must influence the debate - writes Clara Marina O'Donnell

» Defence and security news

Central Europe: from the economic periphery to the core?

The crisis has emphasised both the similarities and differences between the economies of central Europe – but if the region as whole is to cement a place in the EU's core, the debate about euro adoption should be revived, writes Anita Sobják

» Trade, finance and markets analysis

EU must do more to protect Roma, says Amnesty

The EU should use its legal powers to challenge member states that do not enforce the race equality directive, Amnesty says, as it publishes a report documenting widespread discrimination against the Roma population

» Integration and enlargement news

Europe's over-consumption of resources is out of control

Europeans cannot continue living as if there is unlimited land and resources available for our consumption, says Ariadna Rodrigo

» Sustainability analysis

EU membership 'no guarantee of democracy'

Britain, Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic and Hungary – all have shown that being part of the EU is not, on its own, enough to protect the fundamental rights that most of us hold dear, writes our secret columnist in Brussels

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