Press quotes

  • European justice: More is less
    The Economist, 12 July 2013

    Britain has to opt out of all the rules on justice and policing and then get European approval to opt back in to the bits it likes. ...Hugo Brady of the CER says the result of the change will be to reduce Britain’s influence in the EU's justice and migration policies.

  • Europe in danger of losing race to commercialise CCS
    Utility Week, 12 July 2013

    "It is a sign that Europe is losing the race for CCS commercialisation, which will be a major missed economic opportunity," said Stephen Tindale, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform.

  • Political cosmetics
    European Voice, 04 July 2013

    Charles Grant argues in a recent paper for the CER that member states' confidence in the Commission is diminishing because it proposes too many detailed rules in areas such as environment, food safety and social policy.

  • Rift over austerity plans is seen in ailing Portugal
    The New York Times, 03 July 2013

    "Portugal was one of the poster children for it, with a government that sounded even more wedded to austerity and supply-side reforms than the policy makers sitting in Brussels, Berlin and Frankfurt," said Simon Tilford, of the CER.

  • Can Europe shoulder its military burden on its own?
    The Christian Science Monitor, 02 July 2013

    "NATO has meant that countries, historically, that had been at war have put those animosities aside and committed to mutual security," says Clara O'Donnell of the CER, "It means that at least there is one part of the world that the US had to worry about before that it now doesn't have to worry about."

  • Die Slowakei hat keine Angst vor "Großdeutschland"
    Die Welt, 30 June 2013

    Als auf dem Sicherheitsforum GLOBSEC, das in Bratislava stattgefunden hat, Charles Grant, CER, in der Diskussion den Ausdruck "Großdeutschland" benutzte – und unter diesem Begriff Deutschland, Niederlande, Finnland und die Slowakei vorstellte – hat es in dem Saal ordentlich rumort.

  • Between rock and hard place in Brussels
    The Wall Street Journal, 27 June 2013

    Charles Grant, of the CER, says the commission draws extra fire because of its contradictory roles. It is at once the political body that initiates legislation and brokers compromises among EU members—but also the technical body that polices markets and rules.

  • What a prospect - pro-European think tank hits top spot
    Evening Standard, 27 June 2013

    Hats off to the Centre for European Reform, which won Prospect magazine’s Think-Tank of the Year for International Affairs. Bill Emmott, former editor of The Economist, admitted that the judges ummed and aahed over giving a pro-European think-tank an award but felt CER deserved the honour. 

  • EU summit in Brussels wrestles with youth unemployment
    BBC, 26 June 2013

    John Springford, of the CER, said the EU was facing "very large political roadblocks" hampering the necessary macro-economic changes. "They are stumbling towards integration very slowly - when the financial markets relax the pressure, the progress stalls," he told BBC News.

  • Is Italy headed for a Greece-style bailout?
    Marketplace, 26 June 2013

    Italy might need a Greece-style bailout within six months. That’s the warning from Italy's second largest bank, MedioBanca, according to a report in Britain's Daily Telegraph. Simon Tilford, from the CER, joins Marketplace Morning Report host David Brancaccio to discuss.