Sentences with phrase «european localism»

The phrase European localism is targeted at the Achilles heal of the Liberal Democrat position — it is inconsistent at best to be a big supporter of pushing power down within the UK closer to the citizens, while wanting to centralise it in Brussels as far away from citizens as possible.

This is why I co-authored with Mats Persson a pamphlet for Open Europe published yesterday called The Case for European Localism, which lays out the reasons to repatriate powers, and suggests some options for doing so.

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In the context of the European political axis, India was given independence by the British in reaction to a movement lead by a fairly «left - leaning» activist that advocated multiculturalism, localism, and socialism - something akin to the Green parties in Europe.