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Großbritannien-EU: Startschuss für den Brexit
13 March 2017
Die Presse
„Labour ist in völliger Auflösung und hat keine Strategie“, erklärte Simon Tilford vom Thinktank Centre for European Reform der „Presse“.
Radio 5 Live: How Europeans view Brexit
12 March 2017
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska speaks to Radio 5 Live about how Europeans view Brexit (from 08.00-25.00 mins).
Elecciones en Holanda: Temor a que Holanda impulse a los extremistas
12 March 2017
EL Confidencial
Holanda considera que ahora en la UE “tiene menos voz que algunos de los nuevos miembros, y sin embargo es uno de los mayores contribuyentes per cápita al presupuesto comunitario”, en palabras de Rem Korteweg, experto del 'think tank' Centre for European Reform.
Holland rykker mod både højre og venstre
11 March 2017
Berlinske
Rem Korteweg, der er seniorforsker ved den uafhængige, proeuropæiske tænketank Centre for European Reform (CER), peger også på, at det er lykkedes Rutte og Kristendemokraterne at stoppe Wilders’ fremgang de seneste måneder ved at rykke tættere på Wilders rent politisk, men med en »pænere« tone og mere troværdige valgprogrammer.
BBC Radio Scotland: Good Morning Scotland
11 March 2017
Charles Grant speaks to Good Morning Scotland about the governments Brexit negotiations and the UK's hopes for trade deals (from 01.20).
Brexit is about to get real. Yet we are nowhere near ready for it
11 March 2017
The Guardian
Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform who predicted the leave vote, patiently explains how each one of these assets – which Brexiteers believe will make the Europeans putty in our hands – could create as much angst as advantage. It’s true, says Grant, that the City of London is valued for the financial services it provides to the EU. But it’s also true that Paris, Madrid, Milan, Frankfurt, Dublin and others are circling, ready to feast on the City’s carcass: they want some of that business for themselves.
Ossetia to be latest focus of Russia's uneasy relationship with EU
11 March 2017
The Irish Times
“The West’s policy towards eastern Europe so far has been one of relatively benign indecision,” Ian Bond* writes in a report for the Centre for European Reform think-tank. “When NATO leaders continue to proclaim that the alliance has an open door, or when the EU says ambiguously that its association agreement with Ukraine ‘does not constitute the final goal in EU-Ukraine co-operation’, they raise hopes in eastern Europe and fears in the Kremlin that are divorced from reality.”
Scenariusze wyboru przewodniczącego Rady Europejskie. Polska zastosuje wybieg?
09 March 2017
Wiadomosci
- Tego typu argument może zirytować partnerów europejskich. Ostatecznie decyzja o tym, czy uwzględnić go, czy doprowadzić do głosowania będzie należeć do państwa sprawującego prezydencję, czyli Malty - mówi WP Agata Gostyńska, ekspert instytutu Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
Brussels threatens penalties as EU states fail to resettle refugees
08 March 2017
Voice of America
The EU could take Hungary to the European Court of Justice to attempt to force compliance, but Brussels has other options, says Camino Mortera-Martinez of the Centre for European Reform, who spoke to VOA from Brussels. “So instead of going after a country that is not complying with EU law, you can try to use some other tools to force them into complying – for example, by withdrawing some of the budgets,” she said.
Wybór szefa RE bardziej regulowany przez zwyczaje niż przepisy
08 March 2017
Gazeta Prawna
Zdaniem analityczki z Centre for European Reform Agaty Gostyńskiej-Jakubowskiej, możliwe jest, że kiedyś dojdzie do zmiany regulacji zapisanych w traktacie lizbońskim, ale - jak zauważyła - nie ma obecnie klimatu politycznego w Europie do nowelizacji traktatów.
CER podcast: Charles Grant on Theresa May's emerging Brexit deal
07 March 2017
Discussion on the process of deciding the British position in Brexit negotiations, the value of the UK’s ‘trump cards’ and why European officials are pessimistic about finding a good agreement.
Tok FM: Francja, Niemcy, Włochy i Hiszpania za UE różnych prędkości
07 March 2017
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska speaks to TOK FM about the mini- summit in Versailles and a multi-speed EU.
Britain plays with fire over Brexit
07 March 2017
Financial Times
Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform, adds: “At a time of global uncertainty . . . Britain’s decision baffles its partners. They feel snubbed, hurt and (at least in some cases) insecure.”
Wybory przewodniczącego Rady Europejskiej. Kto jeśli nie Tusk?
07 March 2017
Wiadomosci
Na jego korzyść mają działać dobre relacje z prezydentem USA Donaldem Trumpem, a także terminarz: w maju, kiedy kończy się kadencja Tuska, partia Kenny'ego, centroprawicowa Fine Gael, ma wybrać nowego lidera. - Kenny pojawił się na giełdzie nazwisk w 2014 roku. Nie dziwi mnie więc, ze jego nazwisko ponownie jest brane pod uwagę przez niektórych komentatorów - mówi WP Agata Gostyńska, ekspert Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
Dutch complaints
06 March 2017
Financial Times
Wilders wins? Rem Korteweg of the Centre for European Reform argues that the most likely winner from this election is Wilders. If the vote goes as expected, he will be kept out of government, but he will succeed in becoming the voice of opposition politics in the Netherlands.
The 'Jessiah': The Dutch progressive trying to turn back the populist tide
06 March 2017
The Guardian
The governing liberal party led by Mark Rutte is standing at about 16% in the current poll of polls, as is Wilders’ party. Three others parties, including the Greens, hover around 11%. “A leftwing coalition – led by GroenLinks (Green Left) – could possibly be formed and include the Eurosceptic and hard-left Socialist party (SP) or even the fringe PvdD, an animal rights party, the respected Centre for European Reform has reported.
Far-right parties are exploiting a design flaw in coalition governments across Europe
06 March 2017
Quartz
Polls suggest that 13 of those parties may get into parliament; eight are expected to win ten seats or more - a historic high, according to the think tank Centre for European Reform (CER). "Wilders benefits from today’s fragmented political landscape because it means that even if he only gets 1/6th of the vote, he could still end up as the largest party or the largest party in opposition," says Rem Korteweg, a senior research fellow at CER.
Tok FM: Będzie drugie referendum ws. niepodległości Szkocji?
03 March 2017
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska speaks to TOK FM about the Scottish referendum on independence.
How the Dutch fell out of love with the EU
02 March 2017
Carnegie Europe
After decades of embracing a firmly pro-EU stance, the Dutch appear increasingly out of sorts and disappointed with the European Union.
World leaders welcome Trump's measured tone, await details of 'America first' policies
01 March 2017
Voice of America
The warmer tone has been welcomed, says Ian Bond of the London-based Center for European Reform, who spoke to VOA via Skype. "He didn’t repeat the suggestion that it was obsolete and he did stress the importance of NATO. But underneath that he’s still talking in terms of NATO countries paying their bills, as though America is a kind of bodyguard service," Bond said.