Institute of Welsh Affairs

agenda - Europe

Europe
Statutes of autonomy Anwen Elias analyses the importance of the new Catalan Statute of Autonomy for the future of the Spanish state.	Winter 2007/08 Page 57
Basque lessons Mikel Zalbide says Wales can learn from Basque language teaching.	Winter 2007/08 Page 60
Not just money Andy Klom says Wales should look beyond trade and funding in its engagement with the EU.	Spring 2006 Page 52
Crossing borders David Hughes underlines the importance of cultural projects in promoting European cohesion.	Spring 2006 Page 54
Estonian Links Wiard Sterk reports on a visit to Tallinn.	Winter 2005/06 Page 43
Freedom song Elinor Bennett explains how her musical exploration of Estonia broke the language barrier.	Winter 2005/06 Page 46
Creu Cyfle – Cultural Explosion Eluned Haf outlines a project promoting links between Wales and the ten EU Accession States.	Spring 2005 Page 48
Promoting cohesion Glenys Kinnock argues the EU is about pooling sovreignty for mutual benefit.	Spring 2005 Page 50
Rules used to good effect Wales has used its “out-of-town” member status of the European club well, says Martin Burch.	Autumn 2004 Page 66
New dignity is chartered Minority languages have won heritage recognition, says Emyr Lewis.	Autumn 2004 Page 68
Roadmap Peter Sain Ley Berry offers a guide to the new European Constitution.	Summer 2004 Page 80
Small Battalions Christopher Harvie revisits the theory of European Regionalism he promulgated in the early 1990s.	Summer 2004 Page 84
Budget Wars Glenn Vaughan reports on the future of the European structural funds after 2006.	Spring 2004 Page 44
How devolution changed European policy Desmond Clifford reveals how Wales and Scotland influenced the Convention on the future of Europe.	Spring 2004 Page 47
Two Cheers Neil MacCormick reveals what the European Convention is achieving for Wales.	Winter 2003/04 Page 46
Only Connect Jan Royall discusses the work of the European Commission’s Office in Wales.	Winter 2003/04 Page 50
Single choice on the currency Neil Kinnock says the Euro will be with us whether we join it or not.	Summer 2003 Page 19
The pounds in their pockets Denis Balsom anticipates how the forthcoming euro referendum campaign will be fought.	Summer 2003 Page 22
Treasury stands in Brussels path Nick Bennett flags up a threat to future EU regional spending in Wales.	Summer 2003 Page 24
Communicating in Europe John Gray describes how different Welsh interests competing to be represented in Brussels have sorted themselves out.	Summer 2003 Page 26
Team Wales Abroad Eluned Haf reports on the new Welsh representation in Brussels.	Spring 2003 Page 66
Farming and the Men in Brussels Glyn Davies describes his encounters with the EU's Common Agricultural Policy and sketches out its future.	Spring 2003 Page 68
European Added Value Alexia Middleton outlines the benefits of cross-border collaboration.	Winter 2002/03 Page 58
Dreaming Permeable Borders Zdzislaw Mach reflects on what separates Eastern from Western Europe.	Winter 2002/03 Page 60
Cardiff in Europe Yvette Vaughan Jones outlines the Welsh Capital’s approach to its bid to become the European Capital of Culture in 2008.	Summer 2002 Page 50
Closing the European Innovation Gap Martin Rhisiart outlines the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme aimed at promoting trans-national research and development.	Summer 2002 Page 54
A View from the Foothills Desmond Clifford argues that to get our voice heard in the enlarged European Union of 450 million people we’ll have to be clever.	Spring 2002 Page 44
To Euro or Not …? Nick Randall reports on a new survey into attitudes to the European single currency amongst Assembly Members.	Spring 2002 Page 46
Negotiating the New Europe Noreen Burrows charts the complicated route ahead in the forthcoming European Union Treaty negotiations.	Autumn 2001 Page 50
Representing Wales in Europe Lowri Gwilym argues that the National Assembly should have an office in Brussels in its own right and not as part of the Wales European Centre.	Autumn 2001 Page 51
Two Front Doors in Brussels Joseph Gallacher describes how the Wales European Centre works.	Autumn 2001 Page 53
Regions Flex Their Muscles Alex Wright traces a build-up of pressure for the Constitutional Regions to have a greater say in European Union affairs.	Autumn 2001 Page 54
Devolving Europe Joseph Gallacher argues that, post-Nice, preparation for the next EU Intergovernmental Conference in 2004 presents great opportunities for Wales.	Spring 2001 Page 27
Charting a Course for Wales in the New Europe John Osmond describes an IWA research project that will examine the Regions in an enlarged Europe.	Winter 2000/01 Page 33
Welsh Europeans in Whitehall and Brussels John Gray revisits the IWA's 1997 report "Wales and Europe" and examines how our relations with the EU have changed since the advent of the National Assembly.	Winter 2000/01 Page 37
Mobilising the "Hidden Benefit" of Objective One Status The coalition agreement between Labour and the Liberal Democrats has a commitment to "vigorously pursue the scope for fiscal variations" to "exploit to the full the benefits of the regional state aid status given to west Wales and the Valleys". Nick Bennett unpacks the potential.	Winter 2000/01 Page 40
The Two Worlds of Objective One Kevin Morgan calls for a reconnection between our politicians and civil society if a success is to be made of the European Structural Funds.	Summer 2000 Page 8
Taking a Telescope to our European Future Brendan Halligan says Wales, like Ireland, must come to terms with its position in the hierarchy of European Regions.	Summer 2000 Page 11
Waste from Wales Mark Hilton and Nigel Blewitt summarise a new IWA report on how we can best utilise an unlikely national resource.	Winter 2000 Page 13
Re-Distribution Versus Growth Gareth Wyn Jones examines New Labour's environmental agenda.	Winter 2000 Page 16
An Incredible Mis-Match Over Funding Responding to a new IWA report Phil Williams describes how he became aware of the interaction of the UK Treasury and European funding for Wales.	Winter 2000 Page 21
Elite Views of Wales and Europe Charles Smith reports on a survey of attitudes towards devolution and European integration amongst leading business people and politicians.	Winter 2000 Page 23
Putting Wales at the heart of Europe Hywel Ceri Jones chairs the Welsh Office European Strategy Group which reported to the Secretary of State for Wales last December on the Assembly’s relations with the EU. Here he provides the background.	Spring 1999 Page 8
Ty Cymru – a new Welsh home in Brussels Caroline Turner suggests ways the Wales European Centre can be developed.	Spring 1999 Page 11
Changing Wales in an evolving Europe Will convergence and cohesion work in the new Europe? Jim Hughes examines the effectiveness of regional economic policy.	Summer 1997 Page 20
Europe: Age of Opportunity David Melding looks east and finds a new continental perspective.	Summer 1997 Page 22
Wales in a Europe of the Regions by Wayne David.	Volume 2 Issue 1 December 1995 Page 5