{"id":13115,"date":"2025-09-24T10:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=13115"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:29:26","slug":"my-eu-start-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/my-eu-start-page\/","title":{"rendered":"My EU Start Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have written a lot about the European Union and its democracy and its easy to get lost so I have made this page which is meant to be a start page\/index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/subsidiarity-and-proportionality\/\">Subsidiarity and proportionality<\/a> basically my comments, notes and links on the treaties and constitution of the EU, you can see where it started, but now includes a number of paper links on democracy in the EU including references to those who want to reverse the centralising tendencies. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/digital-market-regulation-in-the-eu\/\">Digital market regulation in the EU<\/a> includes the Democracy Shield and some brief comments on the Media Freedom Act, see also <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/democratic-renewal-in-the-eu\/\">Democratic renewal in the EU<\/a> focuses on the Democracy Shield and the DSA, with some comments on some of the Techo politics. (Possibly these should be merged.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/sailing-the-high-seas-reforming-and-enlarging-the-eu\/\">Sailing the high seas reforming and enlarging the EU<\/a> on the late 2023 attempts to agree or head off significant reform to the institutions and competencies, interesting because the two initiatives show the two approaches of increasing federalism and\/or reverting to a two speed Europe.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Also possibly less central to understanding the EU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An article called, <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/media-and-election-interference\/\">Media and election interference<\/a> covers the UK and EU, catalogues and comments on the laws I think needed to understand the challenges of the Democracy shield. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/how-much-has-the-eu-changed-since-jan-20\/\">How much has the EU changed since Jan 20?<\/a>, unfinished, maybe I should put the UKICE material in this page. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A list of <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/tag\/europeanunion\/\">all the articles tagged &#8220;europeanunion&#8221; can be found here<\/a>, and here is a rendering of the last 12 item in the list in Feedzy. There are <a href=\"http:\/\/davelevy.info\/tag\/europeanunion\/\">a number of articles also tagged on my blog<\/a>. and a Feedzy render of those <a href=\".\/#blogfeed\">is available below<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedzy-9650bbeef0aba9321ea34f158abfb484 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/algorithms-safe-harbour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Algorithms &amp; safe harbour\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/safeharbour-bydeepai-cc0-w1080-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Algorithms &amp; safe harbour\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/algorithms-safe-harbour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Algorithms &amp; safe harbour<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on June 18, 2026 at 3:32 pm <\/small><p>The CJEU has been weakening \u201ccarrier immunity\u201d also known as \u201csafe harbour\u201d, firstly in a case called X vs Russmedia but its come to light in my feeds recently, I am not sure why, important people have just noticed it. Here are some links \u2026 Links Here\u2019s Gemini\u2019s response to \u201c Show me the recent&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/maastricht-convergence-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Maastricht Convergence Criteria\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/masstrichtconvergence-bydfl1955-viaunsplash-w1080-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Maastricht Convergence Criteria\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/maastricht-convergence-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Maastricht Convergence Criteria<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on May 24, 2026 at 1:52 pm <\/small><p>Despite claiming to be an expert, I had not heard of the Maastricht Convergence Criteria which define a readiness to join the Euro. I asked google gemini to summarise its role. These include Price stability, Sound public finances, to ensure they are sustainable, Exchange-rate stability, to demonstrate that a Member State can manage its economy&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/brexit-reset-spring-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Brexit Reset \u2013 Spring 2026\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/atademo-dfl1955-cc-2019-BY-SA-ND-150x150.png\" title=\"Brexit Reset \u2013 Spring 2026\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/brexit-reset-spring-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Brexit Reset \u2013 Spring 2026<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on April 13, 2026 at 7:51 pm <\/small><p>The Government has announced it plans to introduce a Bill to allow the Government to \u201cdynamically align\u201d with the European Union\u2018s single market. This comes at the end of a series of events over the last four and half months, since I wrote, https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/brexit-reset-winter-2025-26\/ I comment on these at https:\/\/davelevy.info\/labours-brexit-tanker-is-turning\/, since then What\u2019s disappointing is&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/from-here-on-we-must-go-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"From Here On, We Must Go Alone\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/eudilema-deepai.org-cc0-150x150.jpg\" title=\"From Here On, We Must Go Alone\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/from-here-on-we-must-go-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">From Here On, We Must Go Alone<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on March 10, 2026 at 1:15 pm <\/small><p>I was sent an English [machine] translation of a speech by J\u00fcrgen Habermas together with a prequel summary. \u2026 I am sharing below the new speech by 96-year-old J\u00fcrgen Habermas, titled \u201cFrom Here On, We Must Go Alone,\u201d which he gave at the Siemens Foundation in Munich. It is about the future of Europe and&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/two-speed-eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Two speed E.U.\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/overtake-pavels-unsplash-w1080-150x150.png\" title=\"Two speed E.U.\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/two-speed-eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Two speed E.U.<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on February 18, 2026 at 4:18 pm <\/small><p>One of the reform proposals at the end of the last EU mandate, was a multi-speed Europe. I reported on the most explicit initiative https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/sailing-the-high-seas-reforming-and-enlarging-the-eu\/ . Has the time come again to look at this as an answer to the EU\u2019s sclerosis. The challenges are clear, with the federalists or federalist adjacent players looking at&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/what-the-eu-thinks-of-the-reset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"What the EU thinks of the \u201creset\u201d\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hoc-cr17-viahansard-150x150.png\" title=\"What the EU thinks of the \u201creset\u201d\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/what-the-eu-thinks-of-the-reset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">What the EU thinks of the \u201creset\u201d<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on December 12, 2025 at 1:26 pm <\/small><p>A transcript of Ambassador Serrano, and Commissioner \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d\u2019s introductory speech\/letter to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly\u2019s 6th meeting. Meta This transcript of Ambassador Serrano, and Commissioner \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d\u2019s speeches\/letter to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly\u2019s 6th meeting in the Palace of Westminster was constructed by scraping the transcript from the youtube stream which is the UK\u2019s&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/rolling-back-the-tide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Rolling back the tide\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/waves-jeremybishop-unsplash-w1080-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Rolling back the tide\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/rolling-back-the-tide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Rolling back the tide<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on November 12, 2025 at 9:23 am <\/small><p>The EU is rolling back some of its corporate regulatory measures in the areas of sustainability reporting, and coming soon, simplifications in the digital economy laws. Here are some notes and links \u2026 Links<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/what-are-the-politics-of-the-eu-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"What are the politics of the EU Commission?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/berlaymont-dfl-2023-cropped-150x150.png\" title=\"What are the politics of the EU Commission?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/what-are-the-politics-of-the-eu-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">What are the politics of the EU Commission?<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on November 5, 2025 at 11:47 am <\/small><p>This explains a lot. This is a chart of the EU commissioners by political party, I made this today and it includes a few judgements. The EPP have a voting majority on the Commission. In addition, there is a creeping Presidentialisation of European politics which in my opinion concedes too much power to the singular&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/it-sovereignty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"IT Sovereignty\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/europeatnight-nasa-cc-nasa-2008-by-w1200-cropped-150x150.png\" title=\"IT Sovereignty\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/it-sovereignty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">IT Sovereignty<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on September 26, 2025 at 4:57 pm <\/small><p>Various things have taken me to considering the EU stack, these include the issues raised in this article On cloud operating systems and security of supply and the Bastani\/Hao interview. The EU is considering these issues, in defining an EU stack, which does include networks, storage, and systems (and thus presumably CPUs and ASICS). The&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/my-eu-start-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"My EU Start Page\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/berlaymont-dfl-2023-cropped-150x150.png\" title=\"My EU Start Page\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/my-eu-start-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">My EU Start Page<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on September 24, 2025 at 10:56 am <\/small><p>I have written a lot about the European Union and its democracy and its easy to get lost so I have made this page which is meant to be a start page\/index. Also possibly less central to understanding the EU A list of all the articles tagged \u201ceuropeanunion\u201d can be found here, and here is&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/copernicus-brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Copernicus &amp; Brexit\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/copernicus-euobserver-w1080-150x150.png\" title=\"Copernicus &amp; Brexit\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/copernicus-brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Copernicus &amp; Brexit<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on August 13, 2025 at 2:35 pm <\/small><p>The European Space Agency celebrated its most recent launch of a Copernicus Sentinel Satellite, which made me wonder how Brexit had impacted the UK\u2019s participation in the EU\u2019s space programmes. This post looks at what I found. On visiting the Design Museum\u2019s Living on Mars exhibition (a couple of years ago, I was surprised to&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/on-ai-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"On AI Regulation\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ai-hitesh-choudhary-unsplash-w1080-150x150.jpg\" title=\"On AI Regulation\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/on-ai-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">On AI Regulation<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on June 26, 2025 at 6:35 am <\/small><p>Some people are thinking very hard about this, here are my notes. Links I posted some thoughts on my blog; https:\/\/davelevy.info\/thoughts-from-gmb-25-on-privacy-law\/ and others (including Linkedin article mirrors) at https:\/\/davelevy.info\/tag\/ai\/ Does DUAB change the landscape?<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\n\n\n<p>And the Feedzy of my blog, tagged &#8220;European Union&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"blogfeed\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedzy-a8696bbfee1329a5de821835c9d6e526 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/a-new-5-point-plan-on-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"A new 5 point plan on Europe\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/passports-dfl-cc0-2022-w650-crpd-150x150.png\" title=\"A new 5 point plan on Europe\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/a-new-5-point-plan-on-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">A new 5 point plan on Europe<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on July 23, 2026 at 3:27 pm <\/small><p>The European Movement write to Andy Burnham on his arrival at Downing St.. They call for the Government and Labour Party to, They now have a petition to support their demands, I have signed it, it would be great if<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/on-the-euro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"On the Euro\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ecb-frankfurt-cc-dfl1955-2011-BY-150x150.png\" title=\"On the Euro\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/on-the-euro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">On the Euro<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on July 15, 2026 at 2:48 pm <\/small><p>Niall \u00d3 Conghaille and Mike Galsworthy discuss the Euro and its role in the rejoin process. This is what I think. While I agree, that for the UK to rejoin the European Union it is necessary for them to agree,<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/could-the-uk-pass-the-copenhagen-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Could the UK pass the Copenhagen criteria?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EP-flags-cc-2019-BY-cropped-rszd-150x150.png\" title=\"Could the UK pass the Copenhagen criteria?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/could-the-uk-pass-the-copenhagen-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Could the UK pass the Copenhagen criteria?<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on April 28, 2026 at 10:23 am <\/small><p>As Labour turns a corner and begins to address if it should seek to lead the country into a closer relationship with the European Union, I found a thread on bluesky which questions if the UK is sufficiently democratic, and<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/is-labour-about-to-press-reset-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Is Labour about to \u2018press reset\u2019 again\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pressreset-nix-unsplash-cropped-150x150.png\" title=\"Is Labour about to \u2018press reset\u2019 again\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/is-labour-about-to-press-reset-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Is Labour about to \u2018press reset\u2019 again<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on April 24, 2026 at 2:46 pm <\/small><p>I reviewed \u201cPressing Reset\u201d , the recent Fabian pamphlet on the state of play within the mainstream of the Parliamentary Labour Party on relations with the EU. This was published on the Chartist Magazine\u2019s website. I conclude that the Parliamentary<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/another-europe-citizens-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"\u201cAnother Europe\u201d &amp; Citizens takeover \u2026\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/charlamagnebldg-wikimediacommons-CC4_0Int-BY-FrDR-SA-w750-cropped-150x150.png\" title=\"\u201cAnother Europe\u201d &amp; Citizens takeover \u2026\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/another-europe-citizens-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">\u201cAnother Europe\u201d &amp; Citizens takeover \u2026<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on March 11, 2026 at 11:57 am <\/small><p>I have represented Another Europe within Citizens takeover Europe for five years and recently wrote a report on our joint work. This has been posted on the Another Europe&#8217;s web site. I talked about tracking the Conference on the Future of Europe, the political denouement of CoFoE, the 2024 EP elections, the growing strength of the nationalist and far-right in the EP, citizens assemblies, the EU democracy plan and opportunities for improvement.  For a lot more, read the post at Another Europe&#8217;s site, for not so much, use the &#8220;Read More&#8221; button &#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/more-ontte-reset-progress-over-xmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"More on the \u201cReset\u201d, progress over Xmas?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EP-flags-cc-2019-BY-cropped-rszd-150x150.png\" title=\"More on the \u201cReset\u201d, progress over Xmas?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/more-ontte-reset-progress-over-xmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">More on the \u201cReset\u201d, progress over Xmas?<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on February 7, 2026 at 5:02 pm <\/small><p>My Union branch has passed a motion for GMB Congress calling for the Labour Government to rejoin the single market and customs union now, and for the Party to ask for a mandate to rejoin at the next election. Is this needed?  I am of the view that the speed of the \u201cReset\u201d is glacial and that without a change in attitude they will not achieve anything of significance or notice before the end of the parliament. For the whole article, use the &#8220;Read More&#8221; button &#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/single-marketr-customs-union-and-a-poison-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Single market, customs union and a poison pill.\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BRD-border-heikebaerbel-pixabay_750-150x150.png\" title=\"Single market, customs union and a poison pill.\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/single-marketr-customs-union-and-a-poison-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Single market, customs union and a poison pill.<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on January 15, 2026 at 1:01 pm <\/small><p>In an article, Starmer prepares for parliamentary battles over imminent EU \u2018reset\u2019 bill, jessicaelgot suggested that there is movement on the \u201cred lines\u201d. It is clearer on reading that this is an attempt to accelerate UK agreement to the currently<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/a-breeze-in-downing-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"A breeze in Downing Street\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/10DowningSt-ruichamberlain-unsplash-w750x250-150x150.png\" title=\"A breeze in Downing Street\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/a-breeze-in-downing-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">A breeze in Downing Street<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on December 23, 2025 at 9:40 am <\/small><p>Are we moving closer to joining the EU? It&#8217;s been quite an eventful month, culminating in Wes Streeting\u2019s call for the UK to join the EU\u2019s Customs Union. This article looks at the current state of thinking of HMG on negotiations with the EU, comments on the velocity and direction of travel, contrasting the red lines vs the numerous programme adoptions, recent polling evidence that a majority of people in the UK now want to rejoin, the House of Commons vote on rejoining the customs union, and the announcement of the UK\u2019s rejoining Erasmus+, the EU\u2019s student exchange scheme. It concludes looking at a Guardian EB piece questioning if British Politics is fit to survive the current challenges and the Labour Party\u2019s abysmal response. The full article, is overleaf, use the &#8220;Read More&#8221; to see it &#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/uk-eu-defence-stronger-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"UK\u2013EU Defence: Stronger Together\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/snmg1-w750-cropped-viaNATO-150x150.png\" title=\"UK\u2013EU Defence: Stronger Together\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/uk-eu-defence-stronger-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">UK\u2013EU Defence: Stronger Together<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on December 11, 2025 at 6:29 pm <\/small><p>How damaging is the European union&#8217;s rejection of the UK&#8217;s attempts to join its SAFE programme; SAFE Is the European Union&#8217;s new defence funding programme. I quote, Euroweekly News who describe it as a significant blow to the UK&#8217;s &#8220;Reset&#8221; ambitions. For more, use the &#8220;Read More&#8221; button. &#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/digital-justice-in-the-eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Digital Justice in the EU\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CJEU_complex-and-sign-March_2023-cropped-via-wikipedia-150x150.png\" title=\"Digital Justice in the EU\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/digital-justice-in-the-eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Digital Justice in the EU<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/davelevy.info\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"davelevy.info\">Dave<\/a> on November 24, 2025 at 9:21 am <\/small><p>The Commission of the European Union has issued a report proposing what they call the digitalization of justice. 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