Press quotes

  • While Britain votes No, France still backs strikes on Syria
    NPR, 31 August 2013

    "We have a dossier from the joint intelligence committee. It doesn't say 100 per cent that we are certain that it was the Syrian regime that fired these weapons. And you've got a sort of rush to try and get something done even before the UN inspectors have finished their work and reported and so on", said Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform (from 02.15).

  • Living in a state of seamless war
    The New York Times, 29 August 2013

    In Egypt, said Rem Korteweg of the Centre for European Reform, developments have conspired to place Europe "in the uncomfortable position of giving preference to its security interests over its liberal values, without being sure it can protect either."

  • Why the Greek privatisation programme is failing
    BBC World business report, 19 August 2013

    The CER's John Springford discusses the sacking of Greek privatisation chief Stelios Stavridis, and why his programme is failing, with the BBC's Roger Hearing. (From 11.53) 

  • I'll trade you: The US and Europe settle in for Transatlantic talks
    The financialist, 15 August 2013

    "This is not the first such initiative to free up transatlantic trade and investment, and all previous initiatives have resulted in failure," Philip Whyte, of the CER, told The Financialist.

  • Germany's new coalition to set agenda for EU energy policy
    Natural Gas Daily, 01 August 2013

    "Germany is so dependent on Russian gas that the question of its own potential energy reserves becomes a foreign policy issue as well as an energy issue," said Stephen Tindale of the CER.

  • Berlin finds few allies for austerity push G-20
    The Wall Street Journal, 22 July 2013

    "The idea that Germans would even get backing from other Europeans was rather fanciful, and the idea that Americans would go along with targets was far-fetched," said Simon Tilford of the CER. ..."More people are questioning whether austerity in Europe has been self-defeating," he said.

  • Letta a Londra si sforza di non vedere le nubi
    Europaquotidiano, 18 July 2013

    La delegazione scivola di appuntamento in appuntamento, tra Downing street, il Centre for European Reform, uno dei think tank più prestigiosi, dove lo accoglie Bill Emmott; c’è spazio anche per un taglio di nastro nella nuova sede del Consolato italiano a Farringdon street.

  • The politics of bringing democracy to Brussels
    The Wall Street Journal, 18 July 2013

    Charles Grant, director of the CER, says using the parliamentary elections to choose the commission president is "fraught with potential dangers." If the commission gets too close to Parliament, as this change would make likely, it could further undermine its credibility with member states, he says.

  • UK and Ireland plan visa-free common travel area to boost growth
    Financial Times, 17 July 2013

    "Any kind of co-operation like this is good. But the UK would do even better to deepen its co-operation with the actual Schengen area, especially on visas,"  said Hugo Brady, a senior research fellow at the CER.

  • Think-tank of the year
    Prospect, 15 July 2013

    This year’s International Affairs Think Tank of the Year award goes to the Centre for European Reform... This year, the judges were impressed by the strength of the CER’s economic analysis and its choice of subjects has gone right to the heart of the most pressing debates.