Has Berlusconi finally run out of political lives?

Written by Simon Tilford, 08 September 2013

"It could potentially be very significant," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform in London. "Political instability in Italy is more of a concern than in Spain, Portugal or Greece."

Link to press quote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/world/europe/has-berlusconi-finally-run-out-of-political-lives.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

France-Allemagne, deux conceptions de la puissance

Le Monde

15 September 2013

Pour Charles Grant, du Centre for European Reform, à Londres, "l'Allemagne est le grand problème" de la politique européenne de sécurité, car soit elle reste soit neutre, soit elle défend ses propres intérêts.

Royal Mail sell-off leaves Postman Pat confused

Financial Times

12 September 2013

The missing bit of the narrative is the role played by allies of the UK. The latter-day Bluchers vital to the defeat of a Tobin tax were German industrialists, according to Simon Tilford of the Centre for European Reform.

German elections 2013: 'Do as we do' will remain the message to Europe

The Guardian

10 September 2013

"However the Germans vote on 22 September, Berlin's attitude to the EU is not going to change much," Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, wrote this week. Most analysts agree.