History and future of EU integration

Here you can find some information on the website entitled "Europe in 12 Lessons".  I know it sounds a bit like the 12-step programme, but I think it can be quite useful to refresh our memories.

Here is an article on the future of the EU considered within the context of the eurocrisis.

Is the UK going to stay in the EU?

Here you can find Cameron's speech posted on The Guardian website.

Here you can find the transcript of his speech. Thank you F!

Here is an article from The Economist.

Here is another article from The Guardian.

Here  is a 12-minute BBC interview on the same topic.

Signposting and survival tactics

Here you can find a four-page document with exercises on signposting and some survival tactics, which could come in handy during a negotiation. (Source: Presenting in English by Mark Powell)

Basic negotiation skills

Here you can find the handouts with some basic negotiation skills.

Opinions, agreeing and disagreeing

Here you can find some phrases which can be used to express your opinions, agreements and disagreements along with some exercises.

BBC on negotiations and meetings

Here you can have access to the BBC website on negotiations, where they have useful expressions and/or phrases contextualized in short dialogues available as audio streams with transcripts.

Here you can have access to the BBC website, where they provide some examples for interruptions contextualized in a short dialogue available as an audio stream with a transcript.

Here you can have access to the BBC website, where they provide some examples for agreements and disagreements contextualized in a short dialogue available as an audio stream with a transcript.

Turkey in the EU

Here are three links to different articles that recently came out on EU-Turkey relations:
- BBC
- The Economist
- The New York Times

Here you can find more information on Turkey's accession process. Thank you S!