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Video speech by Sandro Gozi, 18 January 2016
18 January 2016
Speech by Sandro Gozi, Undersecretary for Europe, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome delivered to the CER/Istituto Affari Internazionali seminar on 'Between power and rules: The geopolitics of TTIP', Rome
Video speech by Marietje Schaake MEP
18 January 2016
Speech by Marietje Schaake MEP delivered to the CER/Istituto Affari Internazionali seminar on 'Between power and rules: The geopolitics of TTIP', Rome
A background guide to 'Brexit' from the European Union
15 January 2016
The Economist
The effects of EU membership on trade patterns are difficult to measure, but John Springford of the Centre for European Reform and colleagues have carried out a modelling exercise which concluded that Britain's trade with the rest of the EU was 55 per cent greater than it would have been if outside.
Is the euro a failure?
15 January 2016
Quartz
In November, 50 leading economists gathered near Oxford to debate the state of the eurozone. The conference report, compiled by the Centre for European Reform think-tank, is an admirably readable, yet nuanced account - and a welcome window into an erudite meeting of serious thinkers grappling with a crucial question: The shared currency has been disappointing, but is it doomed?
Global market rout shows mounting risks to world economy
15 January 2016
International Business Times
"I think there's a real risk of a new global downturn," said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London. "What we are facing in China is not a moderation. It’s a huge adjustment. And that will have knock-on effects."
Seven shades of strife if Brexit goes ahead
14 January 2016
The Irish Times
The CER has published a 13-page paper by Jean-Claude Piris in which he examines "the seven alternatives to EU membership" if Britain votes to leave. Put gently, this is code for seven shades of strife. Piris presents Brexit on a panorama beset with practical, political, economic and legal difficulty.
Brexit is the easy bit
12 January 2016
Financial Times
Voters should consider whether the cost in terms of prosperity and security is one they are prepared to pay, writes Jean-Claude Piris.
EU referendum: David Cameron's touted EU deal could face legal challenge
09 January 2016
The Independent
Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, said that as long as any voucher system could be portrayed as being outside the conditions of employment, it could be deemed legal and "help young Brits avoid getting clobbered by the EU deal", and thus be politically useful to Downing Street.
Tok FM: David Cameron zabiega o poparcie dla reformy UE
08 January 2016
David Cameron zabiega o poparcie dla reformy UE. Rozmawiają Agata Gostyńska i Jakub Janiszewski
North East has more at stake than other UK regions in the EU referendum: But do people realise?
07 January 2016
The Huffington Post
In April last year, research from the Centre for European Reform showed why British exit from the EU risks hitting my home region harder than most, making already shocking levels of regional inequality worse. Poorer regions of the UK are more dependent on exports to the EU than richer ones.
Bez Brytyjczyków nie ma UE
07 January 2016
Rzeczpospolita
Sądzę, że tak. Tym bardziej że w praktyce takie ograniczenie dotyczyłoby bardzo niewielu osób – mówi „Rz" Ian Bond, dyrektor ds. zagranicznych londyńskiego Centre for European Reform (CER).
Judy Asks: Will Iran and Saudi Arabia go to war?
06 January 2016
Carnegie Europe
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe's role in the world.
UK and the EU: How to make a Brexit
05 January 2016
BBC Radio 4
"We don't have any trade negotiators in Whitehall - we haven't had any since 1973," said Charles Grant of the CER on a BBC Radio 4 programme 'How to make a Brexit'.
What could be the starting point for EU collapse?
05 January 2016
Sputnik News
"Given that by any objective measure the EU is in a terrible mess, I’m shocked that the 'in' campaign is still getting half," Charles Grant, director of the CER.
Unijne "sankcje" dla Polski? Europa ma większe problemy. Ale może być zmuszona zareagować
04 January 2016
Wiadomosci
To przygotowuje grunt dla Komisji Europejskiej do ewentualnego użycia "broni nuklearnej", czyli wszczęcia procedury z artykułu 7 - mówi Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, ekspert Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
A British exit could be just the start of Europe's unraveling in 2016
03 January 2016
The Washington Post
"Given that by any objective measure the EU is in a terrible mess, I'm shocked that the 'in' campaign is still getting half," said Charles Grant, director of the CER. Grant said he wants to see Britain remain part of the EU, but he is pessimistic that it will. Fears about immigration explain why.
Poland's new nationalist leaders leave some Poles regretting their votes
29 December 2015
The Christian Science Monitor
Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska, a Polish research fellow at the Centre for European Reform in London, says that PiS will use anti-European rhetoric at home, while being more consensual in Brussels, likely following mainstream EU policies.
British Eurosceptic warns that leaving EU could mean UK breaks up too
23 December 2015
The Daily Mail
Charles Grant, director of the CER, said Hague was well respected in the party and noted his comments, coming days after Major, could be designed to move the debate beyond Cameron's tricky drive for EU reform. "There will be a transition from saying 'I want to reform the EU so it will work better' to saying 'the EU is a good thing in itself'," he said.
Election results in Spain are a stinging end to Europe's year
22 December 2015
The New York Times
The post-election muddle in Spain was yet another setback in a year of cascading crises, said Charles Grant, director of the CER in London. "It has been an annus horribilis," Mr Grant said.
Taking security seriously in the age of global terror
22 December 2015
The Wall Street Journal
As terrorists slip across borders and hide on the Internet, Europe and America must learn to share intelligence better.