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The EU will play hardball with post-Brexit Britain

John Springford, Simon Tilford
19 April 2016
The Telegraph
Post Brexit Britain will look back ruefully at its past privileges – inside the single market, but outside the eurozone – and wonder what possessed it to give them up.

Bloomberg "The Pulse": Dutch snub EU in referendum

07 April 2016
Dutch voters rebelled against a treaty between the European Union and Ukraine in a referendum on Wednesday, albeit on low turnout that fell short of the stampede that anti-EU campaigners hoped for.

CER podcast: The Dutch-Ukraine referendum

Rem Korteweg, Sophia Besch
01 April 2016
The Netherlands will vote on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine on April 6th. Like the British referendum, the Dutch referendum risks making both the EU and its eastern neighbourhood less stable.

UCL European Institute: John Springford on migration in the Brexit debate

31 March 2016
John Springford, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform on the economic and trade implications of free movement, and the role of migration in the referendum on Britain's EU membership.

La pregunta es qué obtiene el Reino Unido alejándose de Europa

Simon Tilford
13 March 2016
La Voz de Galicia
Simon Tilford es subdirector del Centro para la Reforma Europea en Londres. Al reflexionar sobre el referendo de permanencia del Reino Unido en la Unión Europea pone énfasis en la importancia de que el 23 de junio vayan a votar los jóvenes, más favorables a Bruselas.

ABC Rear Vision: Brexit and the referendum on EU membership

13 March 2016
Ian Bond talks to with Annabelle Quince and Keri Phillips of ABC Rear Vision about Brexit and the referendum on EU membership.

Euranet: Threat of exits from EU

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
05 March 2016
If Brussels does not agree to pass on to France more sovereignty in border protection or budget policy, the FN is likely to organize a referendum on leaving the EU. This kind of political blackmail may even be effective and Brussels’ influence on member-states is limited, comments Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, an expert of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU. (audio in Polish)

France 24: Franco-British summit

03 March 2016
Ian Bond speaks to France 24 about David Cameron's visit to France for the UK-France Summit

The idea of buccaneer Britain trading freely outside the EU is a fantasy

02 March 2016
The Telegraph
We will always want to trade with Europe, because it's rich and close. The only question is the terms on which we will do so.

BBC World News: EU migrant crisis

25 February 2016
Ian Bond talks to BBC World News on Europe's migrants crisis.

Cameron’s compromise

20 February 2016
Prospect
The PM's best bet now is to move the EU debate onto grander issues.

BBC World News: EU reform deal

20 February 2016
Charles Grant talks to BBC World News on David Cameron's new EU reform deal.

CER podcast: February 18-19 EU Council Summit

19 February 2016
The CER's Sophia Besch talks to CER director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford about their take on David Cameron's EU deal at the February EU summit.

Share Radio: Investment Perspectives

19 February 2016
"The trouble is a lot of smaller countries who don't usually set the agenda see the EU summit as a chance to push their interests" says Charles Grant.
The global case for staying in the EU

The global case for staying in the EU

19 February 2016
The New Statesman
Brexit would be bad not just for Britain but also for Europe and the rest of the world.

ABC Radio: Cameron's deal for UK

19 February 2016
Ian Bond talks to ABC Radio Australia on a possible deal for David Cameron at the EU Summit.

BBC Radio 5 Live: Cameron's visit to Brussels

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
19 February 2016
Agata Gostyńska talks to BBC 5 Live on David Cameron's visit to Brussels for talks on his European Union reforms.

The Spectator podcast: EU referendum

18 February 2016
Charles Grant joins the Spectator's political editor James Forsyth to discuss David Cameron's negotiations at the February EU Summit.

BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight: Brexit overshadows migration talks at EU summit

18 February 2016
Charles Grant joins BBC Radio 4 to discuss: Will the Brexit issue overshadow talks on the migration crisis in the EU council?

ITV Good Morning Britain: EU summit negotiations

18 February 2016
John Springford chats to Good Morning Britain on David Cameron's negotiations at the February EU Council Summit.