Press quotes

  • Britain, watching Europe, seeks to preserve influence
    The New York Times, 01 November 2011

    "In London, EU legislation is increasingly seen as a threat to the City," said Philip Whyte of the CER  in London. But the Continent does not always hold London traders in high regard.       

  • Nationalists emboldened by EU crisis, debt pact
    Associated Press, 31 October 2011

    Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER, said the emboldening of eurosceptics in Britain could have relevance for other countries as well. "Ongoing crises could turn people against the EU. But closer integration is going to be unpopular, too," he said.

  • G20 looking to reignite world economy at Cannes summit
    Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 31 October 2011

    Simon Tilford, chief economist with the CER think-tank, wrote this month that as the US and several European nations slash consumption to cut their deficits, surplus countries like China should make up the difference. 

  • NATO operation in Libya ends after 7 months, could it be a model?
    The Christian Science Monitor, 31 October 2011

    "As good a war as it comes … with limited civilian casualties," says Tomas Valasek of the CER, citing the difference with other NATO operations in precision bombing. "There were no Chinese embassies hit in Tripoli [as in Belgrade, Serbia in 1999], no refugee convoys hit, no weddings that I know about [as in Afghanistan.]"

  • Europe debt crisis plan hinges on economic growth
    Los Angeles Times, 28 October 2011

    They're right to be talking about growth, because unless they get the economy going and arrest this slide into a slump, there's no chance of getting public finances across the union under control," added Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER.

  • An EU of two tiers after eurozone debt crisis
    BBC News, 28 October 2011

    Charles Grant, director of the London-based CER, calls the change fundamental: "Henceforth, there will be two clubs: the broader EU and the new euro club with its own rules and institutions."

  • Britons hanker for life outside EU as crisis bites
    Reuters, 28 October 2011

    Hugo Brady of the CER, said the overwhelming popular feeling in Britain was that Europe was a hindrance. "The reality is that Britain would be far less able to wield its influence (outside the EU). The EU, flawed as it is, is the only game in town in Europe," said Brady.

  • Europe looks to China for possible bailout help
    Associated Press, 27 October 2011

    "You will hear some less-serious people in Ireland or Greece say, We don't need you Europeans with your conditions because the Chinese will bail us out," said Katinka Barysch, deputy director of the CER.

  • Markets rise but questions remain after euro debt deal
    Voice of America, 27 October 2011

    "There is no new money involved," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER. "What they are essentially saying is that we will cover a proportion of your losses if these countries get into funding difficulties."

  • Markets soar following eurozone debt deal
    Channel 4 News, 27 October 2011

    Philip Whyte, senior research fellow at the CER discusses how share prices and the value of the euro have soared after European leaders agreed a framework to solve the debt crisis last night.