David Martin's EU Tribune

To read the British media or to listen to many British politicians, you would think that the euro as such was in crisis and about to fall apart. This is sometimes accompanied by a smug smile about how wise we supposedly were not to have implemented Labour’s policy to join the euro. A little more [...]

It was reported yesterday in the press that George Osborne, the UK Chancellor, is to fight Robin Hood tax: ‘Chancellor George Osborne will this week reiterate Britain’s opposition to Brussels’ plans to introduce a Robin Hood or Tobin tax on every financial transaction carried out in the City, in the belief it will prompt firms [...]

The American philosopher and futurologist Jeremy Rifkin, in his book The European Dream, has talked about Europe’s vision for the future and how our use of ‘soft power’ is replacing ‘hard power’ as a force for good in an ever globalising world. Last year I was extremely honoured to be asked by Catherine Ashton, the [...]