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Railway package could derail the EEA Agreement Norwegian authorities propose to undermine the EFTA pillar in the European Economic Area Agreement, replacing the system of two separate pillars with just one. In doing so, the fundamental principles of the EEA Agreement are put at stake. Fierce popular opposition and public debate has delayed the Norwegian parliament’s handling of the proposed incorporation of the EUs 4th Railway package into the EEA Agreement. After the Norwegian Supreme Court in March concluded that the Storting, if it so wishes, can adopt the EU's 4th Railwa...

MINISTERS have been accused of "abuse of power" by former management of the shipyard at the centre of Scotland's ferry-building fiasco after they took an unprecedented step of denying corruption in its dealings over the affair. It comes after the ex-managers said that ministers lost millions of pounds of valuable orders – projects with “huge opportunities lost” – while condemning “highly irregular” actions which created a secret pathway to nationalisation. They allege that ministers have a "vested interest" in Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd – the taxpayer-funded company wh...

AS deadline after deadline passes, we will leave the EU with little or no deal, blaming everyone and threatening gunboat diplomacy. We must therefore reflect on Boris Johnson’s decision to press on in spite of his disastrous handling of Covid. Indeed his ludicrous suggestion for an Australian-type deal, highlighting Tim Tam biscuits, sums up the UK’s pathetic political posturing. In contrast, the handling of coronavirus by Nicola Sturgeon has been firm and steady as the case for indyref 2 grows against the objections of a panic-stricken Unionist Britain. Without any real campaigning...