Press quotes

  • Europe warns of harder economic times to come
    International Herald Tribune, 03 May 2013
    "Relying less on exports, and more on domestic demand, would also be good for Germany as it’s starting to feel recessionary effects from the south," said John Springford of the CER. But, he acknowledged, "those steps would be very difficult politically for the government in Berlin to take."
  • British lobbying group condemns a proposed European financial transaction tax
    The New York Times, 02 May 2013

    "On the one hand it shows the dangers of disengaging from the EU," said Philip Whyte of the CER in London, who argues that Britain feels increasingly beleaguered on issues related to financial services.

  • An economic depression may be in the eye of the beholder
    The Wall Street Journal, 02 May 2013

    A depression isn't a precise term, but it generally means "a long period of exceptionally weak activity—a big recession that an economy takes years to recover from," says Simon Tilford, of the CER.

  • Fears of mass migration call EU's freedoms into question
    European Voice, 01 May 2013

    Hugo Brady of the CER also believes that the impact from the lifting of restrictions will be negligible. "I do not feel there is much to fear there," he said. Even if migrants come to the UK, he said, "they are more likely to work, less likely to be on benefits, and moving up the ladder faster” than the UK-born population.

  • Tide turning against eurozone austerity
    The Australian, 30 April 2013

    Hugo Brady of the Centre for European Reform said such voices would inevitably influence thinking over time, but warned there was unlikely to be much change in Germany's stance before elections due in September.

  • Is the Franco-German union heading for divorce?
    France 24, 30 April 2013

    "There has been increasing recognition that the kind of policies pursued have harmed as much as healed and that this is the reason Europe is not emerging from the crisis," said Hugo Brady of the CER.

  • Un ans de François Hollande: la perplexité d'experts européen
    L'Enteprise, 29 April 2013

    "La France n'est pas l'Italie", convient Philip Whyte, du CER. Il n'en reste pas moins que la "perception que la France est en train de devenir un nid à problèmes économiques" grandit en Europe, notamment en Grande-Bretagne et en Allemagne, poursuit l'expert britannique.

  • Is China pivoting to the Gulf?
    Al Aribya, 27 April 2013

    Charles Grant from the Centre for European Reform, recently provided a number of factors which may explain the situation: China's economic growth has surged at a time when the West is in crisis, making China's leaders more self-confident and less willing to accept Western tutelage.

  • New Italy prime minister to move away from austerity
    Marketplace, 25 April 2013

    Simon Tilford of the CER says investors are more likely to reward a government that stimulates growth and punish one that cuts: "All investors worry whether they are going to get their money back," says Tilford.

  • In Cameron and Merkel visit, a chance to discuss British role in Europe
    The New York Times, 12 April 2013

    "Germany really wants to keep the British in the EU, but not to the point of allowing the British to opt out of more areas of policy or to repatriate more powers," said Charles Grant director of the Centre for European Reform.