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With Greek ‘No’ vote, Tsipras wins a victory that could carry a steep price
05 July 2015
The New York Times
“If there’s a will by creditors to get everyone back at the table, a deal could be done,” said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London.
Quartet of crises threatens Europe's core
05 July 2015
Reuters
Rem Korteweg of the CER compares the interlocking crises to the four horsemen of the apocalypse in the New Testament Book of Revelation: harbingers of a "day of judgment" representing conquest, war, famine and death.
No catharsis in Grexit
03 July 2015
City A.M.
There is a growing gap between the way the Greek crisis is seen in the Eurozone and the way it is seen across the rest of the world. Everyone agrees that Greece is a poorly governed country and that Syriza has played a poor hand badly. But whereas many Eurozone...
Nie da się wyjść ze strefy euro i nikt tego Grecji nie życzy
03 July 2015
Obserwatorfinansowy
Zakładam, że po referendum Grecja i jej wierzyciele wrócą do negocjacji, bo zależy im na rozwiązaniu impasu w rozsądnym czasie. Nie można całkiem wykluczyć zaskarżenia przez Ateny instytucji europejskich przed Trybunałem Sprawiedliwości, ale to otworzyłoby tylko prawdziwą puszkę Pandory – mówi Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, analityk Centre for European Reform.Obserwator Finansowy:...
Brexit foes fear Grexit may push UK out too
02 July 2015
Politico
"If Cameron wants to win a referendum," warned Charles Grant of the CER, "he needs the EU's image to be positive. Grexit makes the EU look like it is every man for himself, run by incompetent leaders who don't understand economics, who failed to save the euro, which was a mad invention anyway."
Alexis Tsipras's enemies in Europe see their chance in vote on Greece's bailout terms
02 July 2015
The New York Times
"There has been a troubling lack of impartiality by European Union officials," said Simon Tilford, the deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, in London. "We have seen a steady stream of very inappropriate remarks."
Parliament moves ahead on TTIP deal
01 July 2015
Politico
"At the European Parliament at large, you have political families but very different national sentiments, especially in the S&D," said Rem Korteweg, at the CER. "There is much more emotional national sentiment that comes to the surface in these plenary votes."
Økonomer: Vi lader som om Grækenland kan betale
01 July 2015
Information
"Nej, det er der ingen, der tror på. Gældens størrelse i forhold til den græske økonomis størrelse er for stor," siger Simon Tilford, økonom i tænketanken CER i London.
Mixed messages and no progress in Greek crisis
01 July 2015
The New York Times
"Germany is essentially the hegemon in Europe, but it does not like being seen as running the show," said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a research group in London.
Joschka Fischer "Ich bin ziemlich pessimistisch"
29 June 2015
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Der frühere deutsche Außenminister Joschka Fischer warnt angesichts der Griechenland-Krise vor einem Scheitern Europas. "Ich bin ziemlich pessimistisch", sagte Fischer am Montagabend auf einer Veranstaltung der britischen Denkfabrik CER in London.
Investors are terrified Greece's economy is falling apart
29 June 2015
Time
"This market reaction won’t be to the liking of the Greeks, who’ll have been hoping for something stronger to underline the risks of a breakup," said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the CER in London.
Europe may not admit it, but its future is on the line in Greece
29 June 2015
The Washington Post
“Around the world, there’s a growing incomprehension that the Europeans have allowed something like this to spin out of control,” said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform. “It could be very damaging to European credibility.”
In the long run, Tilford said, European officials are deluding themselves if they think that other vulnerable economies along Europe’s southern periphery will be protected from a fate similar to Greece’s.
In the long run, Tilford said, European officials are deluding themselves if they think that other vulnerable economies along Europe’s southern periphery will be protected from a fate similar to Greece’s.
Greece debt crisis puts euro, European Union in peril
28 June 2015
The LA Times
"The objective of the euro was to deepen economic integration between member states, foster a closer common polity and European identity," said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the CER in London.
Radio 4 - Week in Westminster: Greek crisis and the eurozone
27 June 2015
Charles Grant speaks on the 'Week in Westminster' discussing the Greek crisis and the eurozone.
Greek financial crisis raises existential questions for EU
27 June 2015
NRC Handelsblad
Charles Grant director of the CER, said: "The German ministry of Finance is prepared to let the Greeks go; their idea being that it would leave the eurozone in a better shape."
Migration plan exposes EU rifts, tough bargaining ahead
26 June 2015
Daily Mail
For Rem Korteweg of the CER, the summit was a setback for Europe. He cited migration, along with the Greek debt crisis, confrontation with Russia and British threats to leave as the "Four Horsemen" circling the summit. Forecasting "very heated" talks this summer as Italy urges its neighbours to meet the target, Korteweg said: "This damages the EU as a whole because it shows that solidarity is lacking and most member states don't want to share Italy's burden."
Will Europe ever stop being a headache for David Cameron?
26 June 2015
The Telegraph
The PM is trying to please too many people who want very different outcomes.
China Central TV: EU at a crossroads
26 June 2015
Ian Bond is interviewed by China Central TV English service, along with Francois Godement of ECFR and George Tzogopoulos, on the Greek crisis in Europe.
From menu of crises, Greece risks eating Europe's dinner
25 June 2015
Reuters
Rem Korteweg of the Centre for European Reform said: "Four horsemen ... are circling together and affecting each other."
Beware the four horsemen circling Europe: Greece, Russia, migrants and the Brexit
25 June 2015
The Independent
Four horsemen are stalking Europe: the Greek financial crisis; illegal migration in the Mediterranean; Russian aggression; and Britain's reform-or-Brexit threat.