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France Culture: Les convulsions du Brexit et l'Europe (en direct du salon du livre de Paris)
16 March 2019
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform along with Florence Faucher, Vivien Pertusot and Adrien Rodd, spoke on France Culture about the fast approach of Brexit, the divisions in the UK and the future realtions between the EU and the UK.
Deutsche Welle: Stammtisch: One year GroKo - Road to nowhere?
15 March 2019
As Angela Merkel's government reaches its first birthday, Stammtisch asks whether it really has the staying power to make it to the 2021 elections. Centre of European Reform's Christian Odendahl, New York Time's correspondent Melissa Eddy and Berlin Policy Journal's Bettina Vestring also join host Damien McGuinness with the latest on Brexit and get in the mood for St. Patrick's Day in Germany.
Europe without the UK: Liberated or diminished?
15 March 2019
Financial Times
“The signs are that deepening of the single market will continue, with a focus on the digital market. Though integrating services markets would be a big prize, the opposition of national regulators and professional bodies is likely to prevent progress, especially without the UK’s influence. France and Germany, which have not always supported liberalisation, will have proportionately more weight post-Brexit. There are indications, however, that countries that champion the single market have realised that they need to fill the gap left by the UK’s departure.” (Centre for European Reform)
A liberal-centrist vision for Europe?
14 March 2019
Carnegie Europe
While the liberal-centrists style themselves as a progressive bulwark against populist-nativism, they have yet to develop a united vision for the future of European co-operation.
Three reasons the Irish backstop is actually a good thing
14 March 2019
Prospect
The Westminster debate on the Irish backstop is deeply divisive. This protocol would see Northern Ireland remain de facto in the single market for goods, and the whole UK in a customs union, in the event that another solution is not found.
No-deal trade tariffs will hurt Northern Ireland's economy, but an even bigger hit lurks
14 March 2019
The Telegraph
As Sam Lowe of the Centre for European Reform says: “The Government has accepted that the UK will not have the same level of market access as we do now. Beyond financial services where people have started to realise there’s an issue, there’s legal services, accounting services, professional standards. There’s questions for Northern Irish industry there.”
Brytyjczycy chcą opóźnić brexit. "Rząd traci kontrolę nad tym procesem"
14 March 2019
Money.pl
Wciąż nie ma pewności, kiedy i w jaki sposób Wielka Brytania opuści Unię Europejską. Głosowania w Izbie Gmin niczego nie zmieniły. – Brexit bez umowy wciąż wchodzi w grę – przyznaje ekspertka Centre European for Reform.
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.
Twardy brexit z przypadku
14 March 2019
Rzeczpospolita
Theresa May może teraz sama grać na dalsze, nawet roczne, przedłużenie negocjacji. W ten sposób wywarłaby presję na radykalnych zwolenników brexitu, żeby poparli jej wersję umowy i szybko wyszli z UE. Bo w razie przedłużenia negocjacji zwiększyłaby się szansa na pozostanie Wielkiej Brytanii w UE – mówi „Rzeczpospolitej" Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, ekspertka Centre for European Reform.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.