Federalist. Cambridge. Ex-Liberal Democrat MEP for East of England. Ex-President of the Union of European Federalists. @epc_eu @CBG_Connect @VoltEuropa
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Burnham has done well. I've been arguing for years that the UK should have a serious enquiry into all its EU options. And PR is a prerequisite for rejoining the EU in all cases. @LibDems @UKLabour newstatesman.com/politics/br…
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Stop fiddling around on the edges of Johnson's Brexit deal, and get real about Europe. @UKLabour newstatesman.com/politics/br…
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A breakthrough in European defence is ripe to become a reality. And it starts with the establishment of a European Security Council and the development of a genuine European Defence Union.
My take on #SOTEU on European defence ⬇️
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🇪🇺🇦🇹 Austria's President Van der Bellen: It's time for Treaty reform and to move toward an integrated, more federal Europe. A united Europe is the best idea we've ever had. Russia is a dwarf pretending to be a giant
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Dear Andrew! I fully agree and I proposed already several times a pragmatic approach to come closer to the EU before a full membership is possible!
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.@AndrewDuffEU:
“In the longer run, having tried all the alternatives & found them wanting, the UK is highly likely to rejoin the Union as a full member state. In the meantime, associate membership may prove a useful, & less controversial, staging post”
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Thought-provoking analytical piece from Andrew Duff on associate membership of the EU.
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Associate membership may not just be for Canada. @alemannoEU @anandMenon1 @HFalconerMP @InstituteGC @vonderleyen @MartaKosEU @chrisgreybrexit verfassungsblog.de/associate…
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There is no point in Ukraine joining an ungovernable European Union. @vonderleyen @ZelenskyyUa @federalists @RenewEurope euractiv.com/opinion/facing-…
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The Commission should "shoulder the historic responsibility" of proposing changes to #EUenlargement decision-making to avoid the risk of failure, argues former MEP @AndrewDuffEU, honorary president of the @federalists in a paper published by @epc_eu
newunionpost.eu/2026/09/24/u…
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How to escape from national vetoes over enlargement, sanctions and the MFF. euractiv.com/opinion/facing-…
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Alternatively, change the law to add Article 49 bis - as I've suggested for years.
I see a lot of confusion about the EU–Canada relationship:
1. “Associate membership” is not a thing in EU law but
2. It can and should go beyond CETA.
3. It can hardly go beyond EEA-level integration.
4. The likely landing zone is somewhere around the EU–Switzerland model.
But the significance may lie elsewhere:
this modest new status could make the EU an institutional hub around which other democracies organise strategic autonomy, without joining the Union.
That is more consequential than “Europe + Canada against the US” and may unleash new relations with Uk and candidate countries -#canada
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