20 January 2014

EIM Political - December 2013

Voter concerns about the EU level economy are diminishing rapidly - down by a third from the peak – so economic developments may take some of the wind out of the sails of the 'euro-antis'.

• An early attempt to gauge the result of the EP election puts the EPP slightly behind S&D so the battle to get the required Parliamentary votes for a Commission President candidate may be very difficult.

• EP President Schulz – with strong backing across the political spectrum in the EP – threw down a direct constitutional challenge to the Member States in Council.

• UK footnote: more comments that Cameron’s negotiating position is wishful thinking; increasingly likely that British sovereignty – epitomised in the banking union voting arrangements – actually hangs on the internal coalition squabbles of some small states.

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