Press quotes

  • Lune de fiel entre Londres et Bruxelles
    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
    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

  • Peugeot's state guarantee gets temporary EU approval
    Bloomberg, 11 February 2013

    "As a French consumer looking for a car, you’re confronted with paying dramatically higher rates of interest to buy a Peugeot on credit than you are a Volkswagen," said Simon Tilford, of the CER.

  • Shale gas distracts EU 'action heroes' from saving the climate
    New Europe, 10 February 2013

    In a 2011 piece published by the CER, Dieter Helm exulted over how shale gas “turns out to be super-abundant” and predicted that switching from coal to gas could halve Europe’s carbon dioxide emissions. 

  • UK and France: Relations between London and Paris
    BBC Daily politics, 10 February 2013

    Charles Grant speaks to David Thompson about how the UK and France are getting along better these days (at 1.42).

  • European leaders agree, finally, to a lower budget
    The New York Times, 08 February 2013

    "The budget negotiations are the most visible sign of member states winning and losing from the European Union," said Hugo Brady, a senior research fellow at the CER, a research organization. "The result is a totally parochial budget that is poorly adapted to rapidly changing times."

  • Alemania y el Reino Unido o el nuevo eje europeo
    BBC Mundo, 07 February 2013

    "La política alemana de la posguerra se basa en la idea de una integración profunda con el resto de Europa. Por razones históricas, Alemania es muy reticente a liderar y prefiere actuar en el marco de la Unión Europea. El Reino Unido es exactamente lo opuesto", señaló a BBC Mundo Katinka Barysch del CER.