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Russian rouble hits record low as suffocating sanctions loom
02 September 2014
The Telegraph
Speaking on the EU's economic sanctions on Russia, Ian Bond, from the Centre for European Reform, said “The chances are that we shall have another feeble package of half measures, which will only encourage Putin to press on”.
US and Europe are struggling with response to a bold Russia
02 September 2014
International New York Times
But some analysts said Europe would not go beyond sanctions. “They have to do something because Putin is behaving badly,” said Charles Grant, director of the Center for European Reform, “but it’s all they can do.”
Who is Tusk and what does he mean for the EU?
01 September 2014
EU Observer
The CER’s Charles Grant said the fact that Tusk, whose country has not yet adopted the euro, is to chair summits of eurozone states, will cause “institutional tension”. “France wants to build up the eurozone summit as a separate institution and Tusk’s appointment might give it the argument he needs."
Sandhedens øjeblik for Europa
30 August 2014
Information.dk
Ian Bond fra Centre for European Reform peger også på situationen i Ukraine som den mest presserende udfordring for en ny europæisk udenrigschef, men fremhæver også IS’ fremmarch i Irak.
Analyse: Nu kræver østlandene deres del af magten i Europa
30 August 2014
Politiken
»Der har lige siden udvidelsen i 2004 været talt om en skillelinje mellem de gamle og de nye medlemslande. Men den økonomiske krise har været med til at ændre på det, fordi Polen har haft vækst, mens mange gamle lande har haft store problemer. Polen har vist sit værd« siger Agata Gostyńska.
Nomine Ue, leader in campo: l’Europa diventa politica
29 August 2014
Europaquotidiano
Agata Gostynska, esperta di istituzioni europee al CER, ha parlato di una sorta di diplomazia “dell’ora di pranzo”: van Rompuy "ha fatto in modo che le questioni più delicate fossero discusse a tavola", faccia a faccia, scavalcando gli apparati tecnici dei vari governi.
Political crisis exposes France's economic problems
29 August 2014
NPR
Hollande's attempts to carry out reforms while trying to revive growth is risky, says Christian Odendahl, chief economist with the Centre for European Reform. Odendahl points out that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder did it, but he was not reelected. (From 01:18.)
Herman’s handbook for the new Council President
29 August 2014
EurActiv.com
Despite a reputation for having the “charisma of a damp rag”, as Nigel Farage once put it, Van Rompuy made European Council meetings more efficient and his successor should learn a lot from him, writes Agata Gostyńska.
Could Donald Tusk use EU top job for anti-climate agenda?
29 August 2014
Responding to Climate Change (RTCC)
Despite his pro-coal domestic agenda, Polish PM might not be a bad choice for European Council president.
Boris Johnson's Europe report is unreliable and 'impossible to trust' say critics from the right
28 August 2014
The Guardian
"A detailed and fair-minded appraisal of the macroeconomic consequences of these reforms might undermine the entire argument, and they are not available to the reader of Lyons’s report," wrote John Springford.
EU risks limp compromise on top jobs
28 August 2014
Wall Street Journal
Ian Bond, foreign-policy director at the CER, says there is an irony in the compromise emerging ahead of Saturday's summit. While Mr Renzi's profile will be boosted if Ms Mogherini gets the job, "there are no very obvious winners" among other powerful member states.
Ian Bond speaks to Monocle Daily Radio
28 August 2014
Monocle Daily
Ian Bond speaks to Monocle Daily Radio on the crisis between Russia and Ukraine (0:16:56).
Pilen peger på selvbevidst polak
28 August 2014
Berlingsk
Favorit. Inden de sidste forhandlinger beskrives Polens Donald Tusk som favorit til jobbet som rådsformand for EU. Helle Thorning-Schmidt er blandt outsiderne.
Brexit will destroy the City of London as we know it
27 August 2014
EurActiv.com
As a CER study recently highlighted...Brexit would lead to Britain being classified as a "third country" by the EU...As such, Brexit would mean Britain continuing to be burdened by EU regulations...while having little or no say in what those standards should be.
EU amid geopolitical crisis haggles over top positions
27 August 2014
Bloomberg
'Learning from Herman' is a must, wrote Agata Gostynska, a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform in London. She praised Van Rompuy as an economically moderate consensus builder with a “small ego” who didn’t steal national leaders’ limelight.
Let's start a European tidal lagoon industry
26 August 2014
Energy Post
A unique, £1 billion plan to build the world’s first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay in Wales has won strong local support. Stephen Tindale, who is involved in the project, argues that the EU should support it and help create a new European tidal lagoon industry.
New French cabinet sheds critics and leaves austerity policies in place
26 August 2014
New York Times
“In terms of the way Hollande is perceived abroad, this will reinforce the perception that he is a weak leader who is unable to marshal his troops effectively,” said Simon Tilford, of the CER.
Russia, EU wage phony war over sanctions at WTO
20 August 2014
The Moscow Times
"[EU sanctions] have avoided any outright bans or tariffs on Russian exports," said Ian Bond. "Paradoxically, the fact that the EU has not really gone down the line of the so-called sectoral sanctions … may actually make it much more difficult for the Russians to make a case in the WTO."
"El sector nuclear argentino tiene un impresionante historial económico, medioambiental y de seguridad"
15 August 2014
Observatorio de la Energía Tecnología e Infraestructura para el Desarrollo
Varios países, incluidos los Estados Unidos, China, India, Rusia y algunos países europeos como Francia, Hungría, Polonia y el Reino Unido, están planeando la construcción de nuevas centrales nucleares.
Eurozone economy stalls in second quarter as German GDP slips
14 August 2014
Wall Street Journal
"The eurozone recovery never really got going, and now it appears to be petering out," said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform.