Items where Author is "Cramme, Olaf"

Number of items: 10.
  • Cameron’s pandering to euroscepticism and the illusionary ‘national interest’ is a failure of leadership and leaves Britain in a lose-lose situation. Cramme, Olaf
  • Deeper fiscal integration within the eurozone would significantly alter the concept of a two-speed Europe. George Osborne’s support signals an important U-turn in British policy on the EU. Cramme, Olaf
  • The EU’s war against credit rating agencies is symptomatic of a new struggle between politics and the market, but it also lays bare growing tensions in the European project and globalisation as a whole. Cramme, Olaf
  • It is no wonder that Cameron insisted on a 3-line whip: the alternatives proposed by the eurosceptics are unconvincing, unrealistic and fail to grasp just how the EU actually works. Cramme, Olaf
  • Labour has a problem that is rooted in the blatant weaknesses of Britain’s democratic system. Cramme, Olaf
  • The current EU fatalism underestimates the resilience of the system, and a focus on personalities obscures the real imperative for organisational reform. Cramme, Olaf
  • The growing importance of the EU in national politics means that political union can only succeed with the public’s support. Hobolt, Sara; Cramme, Olaf
  • The outcry over EU democratic legitimacy disguises a deeper crisis of capitalism in the liberal West. Cramme, Olaf
  • The trend towards the Europeanisation of domestic politics is unstoppable (and good) but for the time being will be messy and uneven. Cramme, Olaf
  • The worrying rise of EU intergovernmentalism is the only viable response to the opposing desires in Europe for greater democracy and the reassertion of national sovereignty. Cramme, Olaf