Press quotes

  • Eurozone debate divides government
    The Prague Post, 14 December 2011

    "My view is a little bit more cynical," said Philip Whyte, a senior fellow at the CER. "What does the deal really mean? It means tighter policy coordination and the application of fiscal rules throughout the eurozone.

  • La City s'inquiète après le veto de Cameron
    Le Figaro, 13 December 2011

    "Cette position va considérablement compliquer la tâche du gouvernement, estime Simon Tilford, économiste au CER. Ayant perdu la confiance de ses partenaires européens, Londres va avoir plus de mal à résister à toute législation menaçant la City."

  • West meets east
    Financial Times, 13 December 2011

    Charles Grant of the CER, suggests that France and Germany may decide to pursue deeper fiscal integration in the eurozone via a new treaty that would include current members and aspiring "pre-ins".

  • La place du Royaume-Uni en Europe est fragilisée
    La Croix, 13 December 2011

    "La Suède, la Pologne, le Danemark ou encore les Pays-Bas se sentent trahis", explique Charles Grant, directeur du Centre for European Reform.

  • Europe gets austerity, but with few signs of growth
    NPR, 13 December 2011

    "Fiscal austerity in the eurozone has now become part of the crisis rather than a solution to it," says economist Simon Tilford. The debt burden of troubled eurozone countries is growing faster than their economies.

  • Angela Merkel and the euro crisis: Women in leadership
    Newsweek, 12 December 2011

    Katinka Barysch of the CER says "Now that the government talks about new treaties and institutions, it looks more in charge. Politically, the strategy is working: almost two thirds of Germans now approve of Merkel's management of the euro crisis."

  • Investors brace for bank verdict on EU plan
    The Wall Street Journal, 12 December 2011

    "Britain is as isolated as it's ever been in the 25 years I've been following the EU," said Charles Grant, director of the pro-EU CER. "If I had to put money on it now, I think Britain will leave the EU in the next 10 years."

  • Briten hadern mit der neuen isolation in Europa
    Frankfurter Allgemeine, 12 December 2011

    "Cameron hat mit Kanonen auf Spatzen geschossen. Er hat die anderen verärgert, ohne für Großbritannien etwas zu gewinnen", urteilt Simon Tilford, Chefökonom des CER in der britischen Hauptstadt. ...

  • Semi-detached island nation faces EU isolation
    Reuters, 12 December 2011

    "He's thrown some meat to the eurosceptics who like to see the British PM wielding the veto. (But) it is going to make it harder to defend British interests," said Simon Tilford of the CER. "Cameron has played a bad hand poorly.

  • Les dix points pour comprendre le nouvel accord européen
    La Tribune, 12 December 2011

    "Nous sommes les grands perdants de cette affaire, ajoute Charles Grant, directeur du think tank CER. Notre position avait toujours été de dire: nous devons être à la table européenne, pour influer sur les réformes. Désormais, nous risquons d'être tout seuls."