Press Releases

16/06/10

The rise of the EU's economic government

26/05/10

How the EU elite got it wrong on the euro: broken promises and reckless predictions from before the crisis

17/05/10

AIFM Directive would jeopardise billions in tax revenues and development funding

14/05/10

Open Europe responds to Con-Lib coalition agreement on EU

21/04/10

Open Europe publishes new briefing detailing parties’ position on EU

30/03/10

EU regulation has cost the UK £124 billion since 1998, 71% of the total cost

15/03/10

EU tax revenues of €9.2 bn under threat from EU’s AIFM Directive; Ministers must have the courage to resist protectionism

15/03/10

Renflouer la Grèce: Est-ce légalement possible et qu’est ce que ça va coûter aux contribuables ?

10/02/10

A Greek bailout: is it legally possible and what will it cost to EU taxpayers?

21/12/09

Top 100 EU regulations to cost UK economy £184 billion by 2020

18/12/09

The EU in 2010 – what to expect from the Spanish EU Presidency

14/12/09

EU environmental policy awards millions in windfall profits to oil companies and heavy industry

08/12/09

Open Europe announces new Director

19/11/09

Open Europe responds to outcome of EU summit

10/11/09

Open Europe publishes 50 new examples of EU waste

04/11/09

Open Europe urges Conservatives to tackle EU social policy and announce a referendum

03/11/09

Open Europe calls on Conservatives to pledge a referendum on EU reform

26/10/09

How the EU is watching you: the rise of Europe’s surveillance state

03/10/09

Open Europe reacts to Irish referendum result

23/09/09

Proposal for more EU supervision of financial sector could hurt City of London

21/09/09

EU alternative investment Directive to cost industry and investors billions

31/07/09

New EU working time rules cost NHS 5,400 doctors

17/07/09

New poll shows 70% of Germans are against bailing out Ireland

17/07/09

Neue Umfrage bestätigt: 70% der Deutschen sind gegen eine finanzielle Unterstützung Irlands

30/06/09

Open Europe publishes new briefing: What to expect from the Swedish EU Presidency

26/06/09

New poll shows 77% of German voters want a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty

26/06/09

77% der deutschen Wähler fordern Volksabstimmung über den Vertrag von Lissabon

19/06/09

Open Europe responds to the European Council proposal for a new EU system for financial supervision

19/06/09

Irish to vote on exactly the same text of Lisbon Treaty - EU admits that nothing has changed

04/06/09

MEPs cost taxpayers five times more than UK MPs

25/05/09

Open Europe publishes league table of MEPs (EU Press Release)

25/05/09

Open Europe publishes league table of MEPs (UK Press Release)

24/04/09

New Open Europe briefing: What does the European Parliament do and how does it affect your everyday life?

17/04/09

Open Europe publishes list of Members of European Parliament paying into controversial second pension fund

21/03/09

EU Commissioners to take home more than £1 million each on leaving office

16/03/09

EU law to ban overtime to cost the UK £8 billion a year - 10 UK workers explain why new rules would spell disaster

04/02/09

Open Europe responds to the confusion surrounding EU law and the foreign workers row

01/02/09

New Open Europe research shows EU regulation has cost the UK £107 billion over past decade - accounting for 72% of the total cost of regulation in the UK

13/01/09

Open Europe urges MEPs to sign declaration to end two-seat EU Parliament

31/12/08

26/12/08

New research shows EU spending 2.4 billion euros a year on propaganda

17/12/08

Open Europe responds to the European Parliament vote to end the opt-out from the EU’s Working Time Directive

16/12/08

Ending opt-out from EU working rules could cost UK £2300 per household

11/12/08

Open Europe to depict EU leaders campaigning to "ignore the Irish"

11/12/08

Open Europe reacts to reports of a second vote in Ireland on the Lisbon Treaty

28/11/08

Lisbon Treaty would mean UK losing veto on EU sports plans

10/11/08

Open Europe responds to the Court of Auditors’ opinion on the EU budget

09/11/08

Open Europe publishes list of top 100 examples of EU fraud and waste

05/11/08

European Parliament threatens UK’s working time opt-out

22/10/08

MEPs vote to increase costs to small businesses in the UK

16/10/08

Open Europe reacts to European Summit conclusions

09/10/08

EU climate package to cost UK £9bn pa

12/09/08

Open Europe announces new Director

03/09/08

EU strengthens trials in absentia

08/08/08

The EU's 170,000-strong army of bureaucrats

27/07/08

New poll finds Irish voters are strongly against a second referendum

03/07/08

Politicians must choose between EU Health Directive and the NHS

17/06/08

New YouGov poll: - Public say Gordon Brown must not ratify the Treaty - Only 29% now support full EU membership

13/06/08

Open Europe responds to Irish No vote

11/06/08

Open Europe responds to Lords’ rejection of referendum on the Lisbon Treaty

10/06/08

Agency Workers Directive shows EU is not reforming

23/05/08

MPs are now forced to publish their expenses – so why aren’t MEPs?

20/05/08

Open Europe responds to the EU Commission's review of the CAP

18/05/08

Open Europe investigation into European Parliament

02/05/08

Judicial review - Government must stop ratification of Lisbon Treaty

27/03/08

The Anglo-French summit: rhetoric and reality

25/03/08

The French EU Presidency - What to expect

04/03/08

Open Europe releases new report: “The EU and You: How the EU affects everyday life in the UK”

30/01/08

Parliamentary Debate briefing # 2 - Energy

28/01/08

A blank cheque: leaked EU document reveals Government doesn't even know what it is signing up to in the Lisbon Treaty

28/01/08

Planning Note: pro-referendum protest at Brown/Merkel/Sarkozy summit

28/01/08

Open Europe Parliamentary Debate Briefing # 1: Justice and Home Affairs

23/01/08

Hitting EU renewables target will cost UK families up to £730 a year

22/01/08

New report calls for the EU to abandon targets for biofuels and renewable energy

21/01/08

The Lisbon Treaty and the European Constitution: a side by side comparison

24/12/07

Economic Partnership Agreements: is the EU rushing towards disaster on 31 December? And how will we sort out the mess afterwards?

21/12/07

New report says £7.2 billion EU regional programmes are "massive failure"

13/11/07

£43.4 billion of European taxpayers' spending open to fraud

12/10/07

Economic Partnership Agreements: What’s the best way forward?

03/10/07

Election 2007: where does Europe fit in?

31/08/07

Call for clarification on referendum rules

21/08/07

Chindamo case reveals fundamental problems with EU harmonisation of justice and home affairs

16/08/07

Open Europe publishes first comparative text of the new constitutional treaty – it’s exactly the same length as the constitution

09/08/07

New report finds that the EU’s key environment policy is failing

24/07/07

First translation and analysis of new version of the Constitutional Treaty: 96% of articles are copied from the original EU Constitution

09/07/07

Known EU fraud now costing taxpayers £1 million per working day

03/07/07

Broken promises: Lessons from 10 years of the Blair Government in Europe

25/06/07

EU leaders admit: the new treaty is just the old constitution under a new name

21/06/07

New legal analysis: Fudge on EU Charter would be a disaster for the UK

21/06/07

New poll: refusal to allow voters a say will hurt Brown in the polls

21/06/07

Open Europe to stage alternative EU 'family photo'

15/06/07

The Merkel memo explained

29/05/07

EU aid policy isn’t working, says new study: Cutting out the middleman could release a billion euros for extra aid

16/05/07

Home Information Packs to cost £4.7 billion by 2020

11/05/07

Open Europe responds to Brown comments on new EU treaty

07/05/07

Diplomats call for referendum on new EU treaty

16/04/07

Open Europe responds to Blair Comments on EU Constitution

15/04/07

Environmental entrepreneurs call for green tax cuts

14/04/07

Group of 50 young Swedish leaders urges the Swedish Government to pursue an EU-agenda of “openness, sovereignty, free trade and flexible integration”.

04/04/07

European poll findings on globalisation and foreign policy: Majority of UK and EU citizens would back military action against Iran

23/03/07

First independent poll of all 27 EU member states released to coincide with Berlin summit

23/03/07

Le premier sondage indépendant de tous les 27 Etats membres de l’Union européenne, publié pour coïncider avec le sommet de Berlin

23/03/07

Primera encuesta independiente de todos 27 estados miembros de la UE, publicada para coincidir con el cumbre de Berlín

23/03/07

Ny Europeisk undersökning visar: Svenskar är mest negativa till mer EU-makt

23/03/07

Die erste EU weite Umfrage zur Zukunft der Union zeitgleich zum Berliner Regierungsgipfel veröffentlicht

09/03/07

Brewers protest against replacement of Crown mark on pints with CE logo

10/01/07

Response to EU climate change paper

27/12/06

04/12/06

EU financial services regulation to cost £23.5 billion

24/10/06

Why work permits won't work

16/10/06

New ICM poll of 1,000 businesses: 52% think the EU is “failing”

21/09/06

New poll: 72% oppose giving up the veto on crime and justice

19/09/06

New poll finds that 76% of voters want restrictions placed on workers entering the UK from Bulgaria and Romania

22/08/06

Migration from Bulgaria and Romania: Lessons from the most recent enlargement

15/06/06

Senior Labour and Lib Dem figures criticise plans for new EU treaty and call for referendum

28/05/06

Een jaar na de ‘neen’

28/05/06

Un an depuis le ‘non’

26/05/06

A year since the no votes: can Europe learn to listen?

04/05/06

The EU Free Movement Directive: "less control over crime, borders, and social security"

07/04/06

Reforming EU Scrutiny at Westminster

23/03/06

New book: “Beyond the European Social Model”

13/02/06

The services directive – can Europe deliver?

02/02/06

Open Europe responds to Blair speech

19/12/05

Open Europe responds to Blair statement

16/12/05

Open Europe condemns proposed budget deal

14/12/05

Open Europe responds to new EU budget proposal

28/11/05

New study: EU responsible for 77% of regulation

02/11/05

Trade justice or free trade?

27/10/05

The British Presidency of the EU: rhetoric and reality

20/10/05

Open Europe: new campaigning think tank launches

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