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Future is Blue podcast: Rearmament push: Leveraging Europe’s often-ignored industrial strength
19 March 2025
In this Future is Blue episode, Sander Tordoir from the Centre for European Reform discusses his article Heavy Industry is Europe’s Trump Card.
NPO Radio 1: "Historische" dag voor Duitsland: schuldenrem wordt losgelaten
18 March 2025
Jarenlang was Duitsland onze zuinige buurman. Maar... dat gaat veranderen. Vandaag stemde de Duitse Bondsdag namelijk voor het loslaten van de "Schuldenbremse" - de schuldenrem die strenge begrotingsregels oplegde aan de Duitse regering - en voor een investeringspakket van honderden miljarden euro's.Waarom doet Duitsland dit, wat gaat er veranderen en, ook niet onbelangrijk, wat betekent dat voor ons? Dat bespreken we in deze uitzending met Bert Colijn, econoom bij ING Research, en Sander Tordoir, hoofdeconoom van de Europese denktank CER.
RTL: Duits parlement stemt voor investeringen
18 March 2025
Sander Tordoir of the CER, spoke to RTL to discuss debt brake reform and the outlook for Germanys fiscal policy and economy.
ITIF: The Trade War podcast - Trading blows: Is Europe prepared?
17 March 2025
In this episode of the Trade War Podcast by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, host Stan McCoy delves into the current state of US-EU trade tensions with esteemed European trade experts Ignacio Garcia Becerro and Aslak Berg of the CER.
Newstalk podcast: Latest on the proposed US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine
14 March 2025
Vladimir Putin has said he has many questions about the proposed US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine and appeared to set out a series of sweeping conditions that would need to be met before Russia would agree to such a truce.
We heard from Ian Bond, former British Diplomat in Moscow, and...
We heard from Ian Bond, former British Diplomat in Moscow, and...
Spectator Podcast: How long will Starmer’s ‘war bounce’ last?
07 March 2025
Starmer has seen a modest bounce in popularity and he is making a good impression in Brussels, coming across as assured without grandstanding. He has also been leading on defence spending – could defence be the way in for Starmer to renegotiate a new position within the EU? Is Starmer having a good crisis? Katy Balls speaks to James Heale and Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.
TVP World: Scenarios for Ukraine after suspension of US military aid
05 March 2025
Charles Grant, director of the CER, joined TVP World to answer questions about the current international situation in the wake of the Trump administration's announcement of suspending military aid to Ukraine.
France 24: EU goes on charm offensive in India amid tensions with Trump
28 February 2025
Anunita Chandrasekar of the CER spoke to Access Asia to discuss EU officials "unprecedented" visit to India (from 1.50 mins).
WDR5 - Politikum – Der Meinungspodcast: Deutschland braucht starke EU & Teure US-Gold Card
28 February 2025
Deutschland braucht eine stärkere EU. Wir ziehen uns nicht an den eigenen Haaren aus dem Wirtschaftstief, die EU muss vielmehr unser stabiler Spielplatz werden, meint unser Gast, der Ökonom Sander Tordoir, Chefvolkswirt bei der britischen proeuropäischen Denkfabrik Centre for European Reform. (02:56)
Arte Europe Weekly: What Germany’s election result means for Europe's economy
28 February 2025
Sander Tordoir of the CER spoke to ARTE Europe Weekly about the results of the Germans elections and what’s at stake for the rest of Europe (from 5:13 mins).
Deutsche Welle News: Can the EU bring back "Made in Europe"?
27 February 2025
Elisabetta Cornago of the CER speaks to DW News about how the bloc can stay competitive with the US and China while holding on to its aim to lower emissions and slow down climate change.
RTL: De Duitse economie heeft een oppepper nodig
19 February 2025
Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the CER spoke with RTL about the German economy and the hope that Sunday's election brings a supermajority for economic reform and a fiscal impulse to lift consumption and investment (from 7 mins).
The Spectator podcast: Can Starmer be the bridge between Europe and the US?
17 February 2025
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform joins Oscar Edmondson and James Heale to discuss if Keir Starmer can be the bridge between Europe and the US in the Spectator podcast.
NPO Radio 1: Hoe kunnen Nederland en Europa meer investeren in defensie?
13 February 2025
De NAVO-ministers van Defensie zijn vandaag bijeen in Brussel. Hoog op de agenda staat verhoging van de militaire uitgaven. Want steeds duidelijker wordt dat Europa op eigen benen moet kunnen staan. Maar investeren in defensie gaat vele miljarden kosten. En dus is de vraag: hoe gaan we dat in Nederland en in Europa betalen? Een gesprek met Bert Colijn, econoom bij ING en met Sander Tordoir van de denktank Centre for European Reform in Berlijn.
The Spectator podcast: Trump vs Europe
03 February 2025
Katy Balls speaks to Kate Andrews and Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform. Trump’s tariff spree continues… After making good on his election promise to opt for another round of tariffs – a 25 per cent tax on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10 per cent levy on Chinese goods – Trump has now turned his attention to Europe.
This Is Not A Drill podcast with Gavin Esler: Deep Waters - Russia’s undersea information war
30 January 2025
In the latest episode of This Is Not A Drill, Gavin Esler discusses the threat to European infrastructure from undersea sabotage with Sophia Besch, a senior fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. And to assess the wider threat from potential hybrid warfare operations we hear from Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform.
BNR Nieuws: Voor het eerst in de geschiedenis sluit Volkswagen een Duitse fabriek
19 December 2024
Volkswagen maakte in september bekend te overwegen voor het eerst twee fabrieken te sluiten in Duitsland. Aanleiding daarvoor is overcapaciteit door een zwakkere autoverkoop in Europa, vooral van elektrische auto's. Dat resulteerde in een massale staking door het personeel van de autobouwer. Sander Tordoir, hoofdeconoom van denktank Centre for European Reform vertelt hoe het er nu voorstaat met Volkswagen.
ITV News: New economic partnership with EU will 'do little' to offset the costs of Brexit
09 December 2024
The Brexit reset is being "oversold" says John Springford from the Centre for European Reform.
Voice of America: Ian Bond: "The proposal to Ukraine to join NATO is still rather an attractive figure of speech"
10 October 2024
According to Ian Bond, the deputy director of the London-based Centre for European Reform, who spoke with the Russian service of the Voice of America, there is still a whole group of NATO countries, led by the United States, that are not sure that Ukraine should be granted full membership of NATO.
EPRS policy roundtable: EU finances: Is Next Generation EU delivering?
01 October 2024
Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the CER spoke at the EPRS policy roundtable (from 44.00 mins).