It is time for Brussels to realise that “business as usual” is no longer an option; that citizens across the continent are disenchanted, and that they are right to be; that “eurosceptic,” or “problematic” countries cannot simply be dismissed when their internal politics turn nasty. In the wake of the British referendum, there has to be some collective soul-searching in the corridors of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Court of Justice.

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The “revolving door” – which appears to link the EU institutions directly to the private sector, allowing employees to move almost effortlessly between the two – is at the heart of the close relationship between the EU institutions and Brussels’ lobby industry. A number of former European Commissioners have gone through the revolving door; that is they have moved straight from public office into lobbying jobs. This raised serious questions about potential conflicts of interest.

Written by authors based at universities and research institutions across Europe, and compiled by the London School of Economics Dr. Tim Oliver

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With China, Russia, and four Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – as its founding members, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is one of the world's biggest regional organisations in terms of population represented. To date, the SCO has largely concentrated on regional non-traditional security governance and specifically its fight against regional terrorism, ethnic separatism and religious extremism.

Author: Chris Edwards (Director of tax policy studies at Cato and editor of www.DownsizingGovernment.org. He is a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues.)

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Author: Michael Zantovsky is the Czech ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and the author of Havel: A Life.

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