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Wyjście Wielkiej Brytanii z Unii będzie jak trzęsienie ziemi
21 June 2016
Polska Times
Jeśli dojdzie do Brexitu, przez Europę przeleje się fala eurosceptycyzmu. Powróci też pytanie o rolę Niemiec w Unii - mówi Charles Grant, założyciel i dyrektor londyńskiego ośrodka analitycznego Centre for European Reform, w rozmowie z Agatonem Kozińskim.
A week that will define Europe – what happens if we leave the EU?
21 June 2016
The Express
The Centre for European Reform’s director Charles Grant believes that a Brexit result would also set the wheels in motion for a new Conservative Leadership contest.
Mr Grant, who helped found the pro-European think tank, told Express.co.uk: “I’m sure if Cameron loses, he will resign or say he will resign quite quickly.”
In Brexit vote, echoes of Trumpism minus Donald Trump
21 June 2016
Reuters
Brexit supporters mirror Trump voters, said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a pro-EU think-tank based in London, in that they tend to be older, white, less affluent, and less likely to live in urban areas. Also, as Trump vows to "Make America Great Again," Brexit backers are wistful for a bygone age. "There is a feeling among some that they’re trying to get back to when Britain was white, when England was more secure," Grant said.
After a vote for Brexit, Britain will be given three choices
20 June 2016
The Times
One of the most remarkable things about this referendum campaign has been the dearth of discussion on the various alternatives to EU membership.
Irnos de la UE sería una decisión de niños malcriados
20 June 2016
La Vanguardia
Simon Tilford vive con admitida sorpresa el rumbo que ha tomado la opinión pública británica a pocos días de que el país vote en el referéndum sobre la Unión Europea. Enlas últimas dos semanas, la opción de irse (el famoso Brexit) lleva una ligera ventaja.
CER podcast: The EU referendum - a fact free debate
20 June 2016
Charles Grant chats with colleagues Simon Tilford, Rem Korteweg, Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, John Springford and Sophia Besch to discuss common EU myths and how to improve the quality of the debate.
What is 'Brexit'? a look at the debate and its wider meaning
20 June 2016
The New York Times
"There wouldn't be a referendum without the eurozone crisis, which made the EU look badly organized and dysfunctional," said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based research group. "The refugee crisis hasn’t helped either. It made the EU seem out of control."
EU countries warn Britain on Brexit: You'll pay if you leave us
19 June 2016
The New York Times
Brussels could offer Britain one of the three existing models of varying closeness and mutual obligation — the bloc’s arrangements with Norway, Canada and the World Trade Organization — rather than offer to negotiate something new, said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a London research institution.
The effect on the bloc of a British departure would be threefold, Mr Grant said.
The effect on the bloc of a British departure would be threefold, Mr Grant said.
Should I stay or should I go now?
19 June 2016
Die Presse
Das machen die EU-Gegner, indem sie Europa zur Projektionsfläche für alles machen, was Besorgnis erregt, schiefläuft oder vielleicht einmal besser war. Von einem „Bündnis aus jenen, die es sich leisten können, etwas zu verlieren, und jenen, die nichts zu verlieren haben“, spricht Simon Tilford vom Centre for European Reform.
EU frygter »jordskælv« fra britisk folkeafstemning
19 June 2016
Berlingske
Den seneste uge har været præget af store udsving på finansmarkederne i takt med, at flere og flere meningsmålinger har peget på et flertal i Storbritannien for at forlade EU. Men også i de fleste andre EU-lande bliver der flere og flere, der har et overvejende negativt syn på EU, og der er derfor en risiko for, at et britisk exit kan sætte gang i en dominoeffekt, mener seniorforsker Rem Korteweg fra tænketanken Centre for European Reform (CER).
Europa efter brexit
19 June 2016
Svenska YLE
Ian Bond, direktör för Center for European Reform - en Londonbaserad EU-tankesmedja – är kritisk till premiärminister David Camerons utspel om folkomröstning. Om man alls kan lita på opinionsundersökningarna visar de vilken katastrofal felbedömning David Cameron gjorde när han förband sig vid en folkomröstning. Han gjorde det i tron att han kan ”köpa” den euroskeptiska falangen inom det konservativa partiet och samtidigt ta hand om det högerpopulistiska självständighetspartiet, Ukip.
The referendum campaign: The Battle of Evermore
18 June 2016
The Economist
A host of studies in Britain - by the Treasury, the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Oxford Economics, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Centre for European Reform and the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics - agree with international bodies - the IMF and the OECD rich-country think-tank - that Brexit would mean less trade, lower foreign direct investment and slower productivity growth.
Regardless of 'Brexit' vote, experts say, EU must rethink status quo
18 June 2016
The New York Times
"It is not very easy being English at the moment," said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London. "Grim stuff." Mr Tilford falls into an interesting camp: He has long been an outspoken critic of the European Union’s handling of its currency woes, yet he strongly supports Britain's remaining in the bloc. The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, he argues, even as he realizes that policy failures by the European Union have helped legitimize the arguments of some who want to leave.
UK voters march towards Brexit to the beat of a populist drum
18 June 2016
The Irish Times
"Clearly, Leave are winning, and if nothing changes they will win," says Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform and an expert on Britain's tortured relationship with Europe. "We all know that psephologists say there's a last-minute shift to the status quo in the final days of a referendum campaign. I'm waiting for that shift to appear, but it hasn't appeared yet. If there’s been any shift in the last two weeks it’s been in the other direction."
CER podcast: Europe after Bremain - an agenda for the UK
17 June 2016
Sophia Besch talks to John Springford, Camino Mortera-Martinez and Ian Bond on what role the UK could play in the EU following a vote to stay in on June 23rd.
Britain asks if tone of 'Brexit' campaign made violence inevitable
17 June 2016
The New York Times
Some observers, like Mr Tilford, say there is blame to be spread across the political spectrum. While the tenor of the Leave campaign "is pretty xenophobic," he said, both of the major mainstream parties, Labour and the Conservatives, now regularly discuss the potential menace of foreigners. "That has made it socially acceptable to voice anti-immigrant or xenophobic sentiment in a way that it wasn't 10 years ago," he said.
Unnoticed by Brexiteers, the idea of an EU super-state is quietly dying
16 June 2016
The Telegraph
There are some things that British Eurosceptics and European federalists tend to agree on. They think the EU is moving inevitably towards a federal future.
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska on 'The Economist Asks: EU referendum special'
16 June 2016
With Mario Monti, Zanny Minton Beddoes and Lane Greene (16:20).
Ten things Cameron should do if we vote "Remain"
16 June 2016
Prospect
If the UK votes on 23rd June to stay in the EU, Britain and its partners will face a choice: to carry on with their previous dysfunctional relationship, or to create something better.
TOK FM: Dlaczego o Brexicie rozmawiają tylko mężczyźni?
16 June 2016
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska talks to Agnieszka Lichnerowicz of TOK FM about the Brexit campaign.