Research
German border-check move threatens Europe's frontier-free ideal
13 September 2015
Bloomberg
"Schengen is the essence of the European Union," said Camino Mortera, a research fellow at the CER. "Other countries may follow suit - Hungary, for example, might think it would be a good idea - and you could say that if Schengen were to collapse it could mean the whole idea of the EU is no longer valid."
Hardline Hungary highlights split between East and West
13 September 2015
The Sunday Times
Camino Mortera-Martinez, a fellow at the CER, said Orban has a point: "Just as Hungary should not have built its fence without talking to others, the German announcement of the suspension of Dublin for Syrians is morally wonderful but has a pull factor that is dangerous for other states."
Por qué Europa sí necesita de los inmigrantes?
09 September 2015
El Tiempo
Además, no todos se quedarán. Casi la mitad vienen de los Balcanes y esos, en principio, serán devueltos a sus países. A corto plazo, supondrá un costo.
'Brexit' by accident? Events risk overtaking PM Cameron
08 September 2015
Reuters
"The more he [David Cameron] makes these concessions and the longer he delays clearly coming out for a 'Yes', the more that damages his reputation and credibility with his EU partners and the less likely they are to help him get a good deal," said Charles Grant, director of the CER.
State of the Union: Europe in the last chance saloon, warns EU president Jean-Claude Juncker
08 September 2015
The Telegraph
He [Junker] first held ministerial office aged 28, and his strength is his longevity, according to Dr Rem Korteweg of the CER. He adds the slap-stick routine is an ice-breaker that disguises his political skill. "He knows all these individual leaders and their predecessors, and the predecessors of their predecessors. He is the grandfather of the eurozone."
Vijf mythes over het Britse referendum
07 September 2015
Internationale Spectator
De Britse premier David Cameron onderhandelt de komende maanden over het Britse EU-lidmaatschap. Medio volgend jaar volgt het EU-referendum. Nederland heeft belang bij het VK in de EU, maar Den Haag kan het proces maar beperkt beïnvloeden. Wat valt er te verwachten?
Merkel's migrant morality play
06 September 2015
Politico
Whether such pressures [estimated costs of handling refugees this year 10 billion euros] spark a backlash will depend on who is steering the debate, said Christian Odendahl of the CER. "Will it be determined by those who want to limit immigration or those who see a great economic opportunity if Germany becomes an Einwanderungsland?" he asked.
As the migrant crisis intensifies, is this the beginning of the end of Europe's Schengen area?
04 September 2015
City A.M
Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, says Yes and Camino Mortera, a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, says No
EU refugee crisis: End of an ideal
04 September 2015
Financial Times
In a 2012 report Hugo Brady, now an aide to European Council president Donald Tusk, called on European leaders to "snuff the fuse" lit under the Schengen endeavour. "Without more assertive political action and a fair amount of luck," he wrote for the CER.
Yvette Cooper condemns Theresa May's 'cowardly' asylum policy
02 September 2015
The Independent
"We may have a generation long battle against the new totalitarianism just as we did its predecessors," she said in a speech to the CER in London. "And just as we did faced with totalitarian regimes past, we have a moral responsibility again do our bit to help those who flee to survive."
Quentin Letts at the Labour hopeful's big migration speech
02 September 2015
The Daily Mail
"I'm asking the Prime Minister, I'm asking Scotland and Wales, I'm asking councils, I'm asking communities, I'm asking faith groups, I'm asking campaigning organisations, I'm asking everyone," said Yvette Cooper during her speech at the CER.
Judy Asks: Is this Europe's time for political union?
02 September 2015
Carnegie Europe
There is no better time for a debate about political union than in the midst of a crisis. European crises reveal flaws in the way the EU works and provoke questions about whether the solution is more or less Europe.
On China's victory day, is Putin the loser?
02 September 2015
The Huffington Post
Russian President Vladimir Putin will be the guest of honour at China's Victory Day parade in Beijing on 3 September, just as President Xi Jinping was the guest of honour for Russia's parade in May.
Britain must take in 10,000 refugees, says Labour's Yvette Cooper
01 September 2015
The Telegraph
Speaking at the CER, Miss Cooper said: "If every city took 10 refugee families, if every London borough took 10 families, if every county council took 10 families, then in a month we'd have nearly 10,000 more places for vulnerable refugees fleeing danger, seeking safety."
Ten refugee families for every town in Britain: Yvette Cooper calls on 'cowardly' Cameron to accept 10,000 fleeing Syrians
01 September 2015
Daily Mail
Yvette Cooper attacks David Cameron over migrant crisis, by saying that Britain could accept 10,000 refugees seeking asylum in the EU.
Yvette Cooper: UK should take in 10,000 Middle East refugees
01 September 2015
The Guardian
Speaking at the CER on Tuesday, Cooper said Britain was "stuck in political cowardice that assumes British voters' unease about immigration means they will not forgive anyone who calls for sanctuary – even though our nation has given shelter to the persecuted for centuries, and sometimes moral leadership is needed".
Speech on: The European refugee crisis by Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary
01 September 2015
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BBC World Service: Europe’s migrant influx threatens Schengen
01 September 2015
John Springford discusses the impact of Schendgen on business.
Will the Eurozone caucus on financial regulation?
01 September 2015
Speech by Julie Dickson, Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, at a lunch discussion organised by the Centre for European Reform, at Morgan Stanley, London, 1 September 2015.
Greece to sell valuable assets in privatisation plan
01 September 2015
"The creditors forecast that revenues from privatisation will amount to €50 billion over the course of the loan programme. This is hopelessly optimistic, given how wrong the troika’s previous forecasts were. The current projection is that they will raise less than €1 billion a year," wrote Christian Odendahl, of the CER, in a note published on 13 July.