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Le Temps

13 February 2013

"C’est bien là la cause de toutes les difficultés qu’auront ensuite la Grande-Bretagne et l’Europe à accorder leurs violons", estime Simon Tilford, chef économiste du CER, basé à Londres.

Minimum wage in Europe offers ammunition in US debate

The New York Times

13 February 2013

"The impact on growth from changes in the minimum wage comes down to the level at which it is set," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER in London

US-EU trade deal faces cultural hurdles

Marketplace

13 February 2013

Simon Tilford of the CER claims the two sides will struggle to open their markets fully to each other’s farm produce. "When they get down to the nitty-gritty, it’s possible that the negotiations will founder on some of the cultural differences between the EU and the US over things such as genetically modified food," says Tilford.

Growing chorus at home urges UK to break with Brussels

Global Finance

12 February 2013

"A referendum looks almost inevitable now but the timeframe is uncertain," says Katinka Barysch, deputy director of the CER in London. She says the debate is already having a negative economic impact: Investors are getting nervous.

EU claims that crisis is over, premature analysts claim video icon

Voice of America

11 February 2013

“Politics is one of the black swans of the eurozone this year. In Italy we could have political uncertainty, perhaps the return of Silvio Berlusconi. In Spain, we don’t know where the current scandal surrounding the prime minister will go", said Philip Whyte, of the CER

Interview analysing David Cameron's EU speech

With Charles Grant, January 2013

CER/Kreab Gavin Anderson breakfast with Joaquín Almunia, European Commissioner for competition

19 February 2013, Brussels

Roundtable with Pierre Moscovici, French minister of finance & economy

25 February 2013, London

New bulletin issue Cameron's speech UK justice opt-out

Issue 88 - 2013
Bulletin issue by Katinka Barysch, Philip Whyte, Rem Korteweg, 25 January 2013
Cameron's optimistic, risky and ambiguous strategy
Insight by Charles Grant, 24 January 2013
Britain's 2014 justice opt-out: Why it bodes ill for Cameron's EU strategy
Essay by Hugo Brady, 23 January 2013

Annual report 2012

Report by Charles Grant,
08 February 2013

Charles Grant analyses Britain's difficult relationship with the EU and looks back on what the CER did in 2012.
Britain's 2014 justice opt-out: Why it bodes ill for Cameron's EU strategy

Essay by Hugo Brady,
23 January 2013

Britain is likely to leave most EU co-operation on crime and policing in 2014. Hugo Brady explains why supporters of the move are wrong.
Asia's fading economic miracle

Policy brief by George Magnus,
11 January 2013

Prediction is not destiny. Without vigorous reforms and stronger institutions, many Asian economies will struggle to transform themselves from middle income to wealthy countries.