The Facts

HS2 (High Speed 2) is a planned new high-speed railway line between London and the midlands and north of England, comprised of…

The Committee on Standards is the parliamentary committee that looks at cases put before it by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards  concerning…

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is an independent officer who investigates allegations that MPs have breached the House of Commons’ Code of…

Nord Stream 2 is a system of two offshore natural gas pipelines running from Ust-Luga in Russia to Lubmin in Germany. This…

The MFF – or Multiannual Financial Framework – is the overall EU budget for every seven-year period, setting out funding for the…

A command paper is a UK government publication presented to Parliament, published in a numbered series. They convey information or decisions that…

There is no mechanism for the EU to revoke a country’s membership of the Union. Article 7 of the Treaty on European…

UK political parties hold their main annual conferences every autumn where politicians, party members and the party’s affiliated groups gather. Party conferences…

The Conference on the Future of Europe is a proposal put forward by the European Commission and European Parliament aiming to consult…

Every year in September, the President of the European Commission gives the State of Union address to the European Parliament. In the…

The ‘special relationship’ is a term used to refer to the close political, cultural and historic ties between UK and the USA….

In October 2021, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the Polish constitution takes precedence over some EU laws. The European Commission has said…