THE RELEVANT TASKS NOW FOR EUROPE AND FOR FEDERALISTS

A Federal Trut article
by Ira Straus
Chair, Center for War-Peace Studies

It’s a new world in UK-EU relations. All — Europeanists, federalists, the EU itself — have to find their bearings in it. All have to refocus on the tasks most relevant for the future.

So also do all who wish for the UK to survive as a Union.

Following are five priority tasks.

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https://fedtrust.co.uk/the-relevant-tasks-now-for-europe-and-for-federalists/

BREXIT OR SCOTXIT – WHICH WILL DO MORE DAMAGE?

The economic costs of separatism and the strategic costs of contagion

A Federal Trust article

by Ira Straus
Chair, Center for War-Peace Studies

While there is much discussion in London of the economic and administrative consequences of Brexit, there is little similarly detailed discussion of the possible consequences of Scottish independence. This is surprising. Restricting a land border is a more radical thing than restricting a sea border. The cross-Channel border is with Britain’s bigger trading partner, the EU, but the Anglo-Scottish land border is more intimate and is no less intensively used.

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https://fedtrust.co.uk/brexit-or-scotxit-which-will-do-more-damage/