Press
David Cameron under fire across Europe for migrants plan
01 December 2014
The Guardian
“The only way to stop EU migrants entering the country is to leave the EU,” said Camino Mortera-Martinez of a London thinktank, the Centre for European Reform, in a paper analysing the issue this week.
Immigration : David Cameron veut priver les étrangers d’aides sociales
01 December 2014
Les Echos
"Mais Cameron n’a pas non plus placé la barre trop haut. Il pourra certainement obtenir au moins certaines réformes de la part de ses partenaires, et les présenter comme une victoire", juge Camino Mortera-Martinez.
On immigration, Cameron is trying to feed a beast that cannot be satisfied
29 November 2014
The Guardian
And as the seasoned Europe-watcher Charles Grant warns: “You can’t see the Poles agreeing.”
David Cameron's timetable for reform in Europe 'impossible'
29 November 2014
The Guardian
Charles Grant, director of the CER, an independent think tank dedicated to promoting a reform agenda within the EU, said: “The British government will not have got all the treaty changes ratified by 2017.”
Fear of immigration is no reason for Britain to leave Europe
27 November 2014
Financial Times
As the Centre for European Reform’s report on the economic consequences of leaving the EU showed, the view that immigration from the EU has imposed huge net economic costs on the UK is utterly unfounded.
Judy Asks: Has the EU already lost Britain?
26 November 2014
Carnegie Europe
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Jean-Claude Juncker's €315bn New Deal dismissed as a subprime gimmick
26 November 2014
The Telegraph
Charles Grant, director of the pro-EU Centre for European Reform, said Mr Juncker’s valiant efforts to do something substantive have been scuppered by powerful opponents.
Special report: Putin's allies channeled billions to Ukraine oligarch
26 November 2014
Reuters
"Gazprom is very much a tool of Russian foreign policy," says Rem Korteweg, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform. Every major deal that Gazprom signs is approved by Putin, people in the energy industry say.
Doubling a country's economy with the click of a mouse
24 November 2014
Marketplace
Kotka claims e-residency will be totally secure. To qualify, you must supply biometric data — like finger prints — and be vetted. However, Ian Bond of the CER is not entirely reassured.
Video interview on international climate negotations
21 November 2014
Stephen Tindale interviews Simon Henry, chief financial officer of Shell on what his company would like to see agreed in Paris next year.
Stephen Tindale's recent policy brief 'International climate negotiations should focus on money, not targets' can be read here.
Stephen Tindale's recent policy brief 'International climate negotiations should focus on money, not targets' can be read here.
Sweden’s central bank: Stockholm syndrome
19 November 2014
Financial Times
With these credentials, the two men seemed ideally suited to guide the Riksbank’s policy through the turmoil, says Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.
Putin slipper for nye sanktioner trods verbal lussing fra Merkel
18 November 2014
Politiken
"Putin regner med, at den europæiske industrilobby vil sørge for, at sanktionerne ikke forlænges næste år", siger Ian Bond, udenrigspolitisk direktør ved CER.
European and national parliaments: the zero-sum fantasy
18 November 2014
Policy Network
Enhancing the role of national parliaments in EU decision-making and overseeing EU economic governance need not come at the expense of the European parliament.
О британской иррациональности...
18 November 2014
Ukranian Daily DEN
Ян БОНД: "У нас существует мысль, что можно иметь выгоду от членства в ЕС благодаря доступу к единому рынку, не будучи членами евросообщества" (In Russian and English).
Сегодня вечером
17 November 2014
LSM.LV
Ian Bond speaks to Latvian State television on Vladimir Putin's participation in the G20 summit.
Eurozone dodges triple-dip recession but submerges in 'lost decade'
14 November 2014
The Telegraph
"The electorates in Italy and Spain have been stoical so far, but this is predicated on the belief that things will get better. There is a false sense of complacency about what will happen if this depression goes on for year after year," said Simon Tilford.
BBC Radio 4: The World Tonight
13 November 2014
BBC Radio - The World Tonight
Charles Grant comments on John Major's speech in Berlin on the UK in the European Union.
Cameron veut aller plus loin pour limiter l'immigration
12 November 2014
Le Figaro
Cela montre que le "'tourisme social' n'est pas un problème et que, si se produit un abus manifeste du système, il est possible de l'arrêter", décrypte Camino Mortera du think tank britannique Centre for European Reform.
EU Court rules against benefit tourists
11 November 2014
Wall Street Journal
The judgment is "a pretty good thing for the UK in general and northern European countries who have been pressing for more action on the benefits question," said John Springford at the CER.
Le Royaume-Uni va-t-il devenir le paradis des fugitifs?
09 November 2014
L'opinion
"Le temps nécessaire pour organiser les extraditions est passé d’environ 18 mois à entre 15 et 48 jours depuis l’entrée en vigueur du mandat d’arrêt européen en 2004 ", assure Camino Mortera-Martinez, chercheuse au Centre pour la réforme européenne à Londres.