Press
In, out, find a fib to shout
05 March 2016
The Economist
But John Springford of the CER, a think-tank, points out that, in trade negotiations, individual countries, not the EU as a whole, decide what to accept. Britain’s share of all other EU countries’ exports is only around 8%, he says (our chart, using IMF figures, puts it even lower), and in many individual cases a lot less, leaving it in a weaker bargaining position.
Euranet: Threat of exits from EU
05 March 2016
If Brussels does not agree to pass on to France more sovereignty in border protection or budget policy, the FN is likely to organize a referendum on leaving the EU. This kind of political blackmail may even be effective and Brussels’ influence on member-states is limited, comments Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, an expert of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU. (audio in Polish)
EU chief warns economic migrants not to travel to Europe
03 March 2016
Voice of America
The process of making that distinction is burdening resources, said Ian Bond of the London-based Centre for European Reform. "It's the sheer effort of trying to separate the legitimate refugees from those who are just economic migrants, which I think is really overwhelming the resources that Greece and its EU partners have been able to put into the problem at the moment," Bond said.
France 24: Franco-British summit
03 March 2016
Ian Bond speaks to France 24 about David Cameron's visit to France for the UK-France Summit
EU Brexit 2016: Advocates of a free-trading Britain outside the EU face long odds
02 March 2016
International Business Times
"Any agreement would require the assent of the remaining 27 members, some of whom buy more from Britain than they sell to it," wrote the authors, John Springford and Simon Tilford.
The idea of buccaneer Britain trading freely outside the EU is a fantasy
02 March 2016
The Telegraph
We will always want to trade with Europe, because it's rich and close. The only question is the terms on which we will do so.
EU Facts: What would leaving the EU mean for expats?
02 March 2016
The Telegraph
"The renegotiation may backfire, not least because Spain might demand that British retirees on the costas pay for their own healthcare" says John Springford of the CER. There are some fears that member states, angered by Britain exiting, could try to put pressure on British expats in revenge.
EU facts: What would leaving mean for trade?
29 February 2016
The Telegraph
John Springford, an economist with the Centre for European Reform, the total cost of those tariffs would be large, ranging from a 2.2 per cent of GDP (£40 billion) to 9 per cent.
EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini is often the only woman in the room
29 February 2016
Vogue
Foreign-policy expert Rem Korteweg of the Centre for European Reform adds the rapprochement between Kosovo and Serbia that she helped negotiate, and the corralling of "member-states to take the refugee crisis seriously."
Hangover at teatime: Why 'Brexit' breakup is so very hard to do
28 February 2016
Bloomberg Business
In a paper for the Centre for European Reform in London, Jean-Claude Piris, a former chief EU legal adviser, floated seven alternatives. These include hashing out a UK-EU free-trade agreement, joining the likes of Norway in broad market-access arrangements, copying Switzerland's sector-by-sector accords or conducting business under the aegis of the World Trade Organization.
BBC World News: EU migrant crisis
25 February 2016
Ian Bond talks to BBC World News on Europe's migrants crisis.
Europe is our battlefield
25 February 2016
Open democracy
Labour and the wider left are badly prepared for this debate. Labour on Europe is a mixture of luke warm, free market, skeptic or exit. No one has put the hard yards in of thinking through a progressive or radical case for Europe and then built the networks to make it happen across the continent.
A background guide to "Brexit" from the European Union
24 February 2016
The Economist
The effects of EU membership on trade patterns are difficult to measure, but John Springford of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based think-tank, and colleagues have carried out a modelling exercise which concluded that Britain's trade with the rest of the EU was 55% greater than it would have been if outside.
The EU wants us to pay €60bn for Brexit but UK could go after the Brussels property empire and wine cellar
23 February 2016
Wales Online
A major analysis of the Brexit bill published by the Centre for European Reform (CER) and compiled by the FT's Alex Barker, suggested the UK could be left “on the hook for its share of the €143bn of cohesion and rural development spending executed after Brexit”.
Währung: Es gibt kein Grundrecht auf Bargeld
22 February 2016
Für viele Deutsche ist Bargeldzahlung, frei nach Dostojewski, geprägte Freiheit. Dabei gibt es viele gute Gründe, auf diese Freiheit zu verzichten.
Wpierw Brexit, potem Frexit?
22 February 2016
Rzeczpospolita
Możemy mieć do czynienia z efektem domina. Pierwszy sygnał nadszedł z Francji, to oczywisty kandydat. Ale niejedyny. Są inne kraje z silnymi ruchami eurosceptycznymi. Brexit daje im do ręki argument, że można negocjować z Brukselą i uzyskać specjalny status – mówi „Rzeczpospolitej" Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, ekspertka Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
Emergency migrant brake likely to face Luxembourg court challenge
21 February 2016
The Telegraph
Charles Grant, of the Centre for European Reform, said officials in London and Brussels expect a case to be brought, but added it is “highly likely to endure” because it has the backing of national leaders.
It is one of a number of hurdles that means the policy could take years to implement.
It is one of a number of hurdles that means the policy could take years to implement.
Cameron faces Johnson challenge in Brexit campaign
21 February 2016
Agence France Presse
John Springford of the CER, said Cameron "did well politically" at last week's Brussels summit and has done "the best that he could" with Conservative eurosceptics. "The deal won't do that much to convince anybody," Springford said, adding that aside from the most ardent EU supporters and opponents "those in the middle will vote on the big arguments about economy and security".
Judy Asks: Is Russia Europe's biggest threat?
21 February 2016
Carnegie Europe
Russia poses a serious threat to Europe, both in the military arena and in cyberspace.
Cameron’s compromise
20 February 2016
Prospect
The PM's best bet now is to move the EU debate onto grander issues.