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Britain's election: the most European ever?

Press advisory - for immediate release

22 April 2010

Governments across Europe are concerned that a government led by David Cameron could prove deeply Eurosceptic.

However, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's recent surge in the polls suggests that a coalition government might be the result of the May 6th election. In his latest paper, Daniel Korski of the European Council on Foreign Relations argues that the rise of the Lib Dems may make this the most European elections yet.

Download the paper - Britain's 'European' Election.

Daniel Korski is available for interviews and analysis. For press enquiries, he can be reached by:

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In some recent polls Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats have even been in the unprecedented situation of leading the other two parties.

This is causing waves of excitement across Europe: The Liberal Democrats are widely viewed as the most pro-EU party in Britain. In the past, Nick Clegg has gone as far as saying Britain should adopt the euro. As Daniel Korski says in his paper:

The idea that Britain, the EU's most awkward member state, may be led by someone who has been both an MEP and worked for the European Commission seems too good to be true. But is it?

ECFR experts are available of interviews and analysis on the British election. For ECFR's press office, please call  +44 7787 431 820  or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

You can find more on the foreign policy elements to Britain's elections - including podcasts and website commentaries - on ECFR's website, www.ecfr.eu

Notes:

1. This paper, like all ECFR publications, represents the views of its authors, not the collective position of ECFR or its Council Members.
2. The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is the first pan-European think-tank. Launched in October 2007, its objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values based foreign policy.

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