Research Briefing
Progress on Enlargement at a Glance: 2008
This Note looks at the European Commission's latest progress report on EU candidate and potential candidate states.
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Research Briefing
The Lisbon Treaty: the European Council and prospects for Irish ratification
This Note looks at the discussions in Ireland, the European Union Institutions and other Member States about the prospects for Irish ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. It considers the declarations on concessions agreed by the European Council on 11-12 December 2008 which are intended to facilitate Irish ratification in 2009.
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Research Briefing
Migration and development: The role and impact of remittances
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on migration and development and the role and impact of remittances from 2008.
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Research Briefing
Interlocking crises in the Horn of Africa
Interlocking crises in the Horn of Africa: House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/86. This paper looks at recent developments in the Horn of Africa, where there are a number of protracted and interlocking crises at work, and briefly discusses some of the main factors that have been described as ‘root causes’ of conflict in the region.
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Research Briefing
Eurosceptic campaigns alleging the abolition of Westminster
This Note looks at a few eurosceptic campaigns alleging that the EU will remove England from the map of Europe and abolish the government and parliament at Westminster. It considers the EU instruments linked to such allegations.
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Research Briefing
US Elections 2008
Elections for US President, Senate, House of Representatives and 11 State Governors, 4 November 2008. Democratic candidate Senator Barack Obama won the US Presidential Election, defeating the Republican candidate Senator John McCain.
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Research Briefing
The European Union Symbols and their Adoption by the European Parliament
This Note considers the symbols traditionally used by the European Union institutions and the recent formal adoption of them by the European Parliament.
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Research Briefing
The Treaty of Lisbon: an uncertain future
On 12 June 2008 the Republic or Ireland voted against ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, throwing the EU into uncertain waters once again. Although most Member States, including the UK, have continued with the ratification processes, the future of the Lisbon Treaty remains uncertain.
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Research Briefing
Impacts of immigration
This paper examines reports and evidence on the effects which immigration is having on communities and public services throughout the UK.
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