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Brexit stands to hurt the rest of the EU, too
14 March 2019
“A no-deal which results in the erection of tariff and non-tariff barriers would be particularly damaging to the EU economy as well as the British economy” Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform, told Stephen Beard.
CER podcast: Why Europe needs legal migration
13 March 2019
Beth Oppenheim and Camino Mortera-Martinez make the case for opening legal migration routes into the EU.
Parliament Live: International Trade Committee
13 March 2019
Sam Lowe, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, along with Lucia Quaglia, Catherine Bernard and Alan Winters gave evidence on trade in services.
Info Radio: Politikwissenschaftler: "Mays Deal ist noch nicht tot"
13 March 2019
Das britische Unterhaus hat am Dienstagabend über den Brexit-Vertrag abgestimmt und den Deal von Premierministerin May erneut abgelehnt. Politikwissenschaftler Leonard Schütte lebt und arbeitet in London. Er erklärte im Inforadio, auch wenn es grotesk erscheine: Mays Brexit-Vertrag mit der EU habe noch eine Chance.
BBC Newshour: Brexit deal rejected
12 March 2019
Sam Lowe a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform spoke to BBC Newshour about Theresa May loosing the parliamentary vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Bill for a second time. MPs defeated the deal, which had been agreed with the European Union, by 391 votes to 242.
Der verklärte Austritt
12 March 2019
Republik
Theresa May steht vor einem politischen Scherbenhaufen. Der Brexit-Deal, den die britische Premierministerin nach vielen Monaten mit der EU ausgehandelt hat, wird im Parlament, wenn überhaupt, nur eine erzwungene Mehrheit finden. Verschoben wird der EU-Austritt sowieso – auf Mai, auf Juni oder vielleicht auf den Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag.
What 'no deal' Brexit really means, and how it might affect daily life in the UK
12 March 2019
The Telegraph
Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, is confident that if the crunch comes EU member-states will strike bilateral side-deals with the UK to cushion the blow. "For now the Commission is taking a strong line, but EU member-states will have to look after their own interests", he predicts.
Brexit: Theresa May secures assurances from EU but may not be able to pass her deal in Parliament
11 March 2019
The Washington Post
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, said the outcome of this week’s votes could play into May’s political future. “Can she remain as prime minister if Parliament is taking control and guiding the Brexit process?” he said. “It’s not entirely clear.”
Ukraine and the shifting balance of power
11 March 2019
Financial Times
Russian partisans hold two major cities in the east but, as Ian Bond notes in a paper for the Centre for European Reform, the country has not broken apart. The economy has picked up from the depths of the crisis in 2014, and some efforts have been made to reduce endemic corruption.
Cooper market sweep
11 March 2019
Yahoo News
This morning, in a big speech to the Centre for European Reform this morning, Cooper is savage about May’s ‘reckless’ approach to exit talks. But she also sets out what could happen once Parliament votes on Thursday for a delay to Brexit. She will say that May “should focus on the future partnership rather than getting stuck on the backstop”, that “she should offer indicative votes to test Parliament’s views” and “should publish a proposed mandate for the negotiations on the future partnership and let Parliament put amendments to it”. Cooper knows MPs are in the market for alternatives that could sweep May’s power away from her.
Parliament will take control of Brexit if May fails to lead Yvette Cooper warns in furious blast at the PM for running down the clock to the 'worst kind of chaos and brinkmanship'
11 March 2019
The Daily Mail
Yvette Cooper warned Parliament would take control of Brexit if Theresa May fails to lead the country out of the 'worst kind of chaos and brinkmanship' today.In a furious blast at the PM, Ms Cooper accused Mrs May of having 'truly run down' the clock.She said the PM had hoped to unite Parliament around a fudge that saved hard questions about the final state of Brexit for later - but had failed.
Theresa May will have told MPs a 'straight-up lie' if she cancels this week's crunch Brexit votes, says Yvette Cooper
11 March 2019
The Independent
Speaking at the Centre for European Reform, Ms Cooper said: “There are rumours that the prime minister will pull the vote tomorrow and then pull the vote on Wednesday and Thursday too. “Whatever she does tomorrow, I don’t think she will pull the votes on no-deal and extending Article 50. She gave me her word, she gave parliament her word – I don’t believe the prime minister would straight-up lie on something so important as this.”
Brexit meaningful vote will go ahead, Theresa May says
11 March 2019
The Guardian
If the prime minister continued to equivocate around changes to the backstop, Cooper said, she and others would attempt to force a new process.“If she comes forward with a process on Thursday, then that would be a way forward … but if she doesn’t, that is when we will be looking at possible amendments or other approaches … to make sure you can get indicative votes,” Cooper said in her speech at the Centre for European Reform.
Parliament will wrest control of Brexit if PM fails to build consensus - UK lawmaker
11 March 2019
Reuters
Prime Minister Theresa May must find a way to build consensus in parliament over Britain's departure from the European Union, and if she fails to, parliament will try to take control of Brexit, a Labour Party lawmaker said on Monday.
Yvette Cooper, an opposition party lawmaker who has led efforts to hand parliament more control over Brexit, said in a speech at the Centre for European Reform: "There are practical steps the prime minister can take now, not easy ones, but sensible ones - step by step to build more consensus around a way through this."
Yvette Cooper, an opposition party lawmaker who has led efforts to hand parliament more control over Brexit, said in a speech at the Centre for European Reform: "There are practical steps the prime minister can take now, not easy ones, but sensible ones - step by step to build more consensus around a way through this."
Gazeta: Londyn igra z ogniem. "Twardy brexit może wydarzyć się przez przypadek"Decydujący tydzień
11 March 2019
To będzie tydzień prawdy dla brexitu. - Nie wykluczam wyjścia Wielkiej Brytanii z UE bez porozumienia, które mogłoby się wydarzyć przez przypadek - mówi Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, starsza analityk Centre European for Reform.
Cooper BLASTS Theresa May's handling of Brexit - 'Worst kind of chaos and brinkmanship'
11 March 2019
The Express
In a speech at the Centre for European Reform (CER) Ms Cooper said: “What has the Prime Minister been doing for eight weeks? “Even if by magic, the Attorney General comes up with something to add at the last minute we will have barely hours to consider it before we are supposed to vote.
MPs say they are ready to push May towards softer Brexit
11 March 2019
The Guardian
“If she comes forward with a process on Thursday then that would be a way forward … but if she doesn’t that is when we will be looking at possible amendments or other approaches … to make sure you can get indicative votes,” Cooper said in a speech at the Centre for European Reform.
Brexiteers whipped, flights snatched and a late debate in Juncker's private rooms: Theresa May's frantic day
11 March 2019
The Telegraph
By 10.15am Barclay was holding face-to-face talks with the PM at Downing Street as Labour MP Yvette Cooper - the proponent of an amendment threatening to ‘take back control’ of the Brexit process from the Government - was helpfully reminding Mrs May how high the stakes were. Addressing an audience at the Centre for European Reform, she declared that shelving the vote would be a “straight up lie” - not the first time the former minister has accused the PM of being economical with the truth following a similar outburst int he Commons in 2017.
Wetherspoon’s chief punches above his weight on a no-deal Brexit
10 March 2019
The Observer
Sam Lowe, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, says: “While there is an assumption that removing tariffs means lower prices for consumers, the evidence is far from conclusive. When tariffs go up the extra cost is usually passed on to consumers, but when they go down this is rarely the case.”
Brexit will cost Britons these rights and protections
09 March 2019
NBC News
“Brexit is not driven by economics. It’s a political project driven by an ideological idea of what the UK is and what it could be,” Sam Lowe, a senior researcher at the Centre for European Reform, said.