Press quotes

  • ¿Qué candidato conviene a España?
    EL Confidencial, 04 November 2012

    En la relación con el Viejo Continente, Clara Marina O’Donnell, investigadora del CER afirma que Romney está más cerca de la postura de Angela Merkel. Y lo refuerza recordando que "uno de los asesores económicos de Romney ha criticado a la Administración Obama por animar a que Alemania rescate a los países más débiles y sus bancos".

  • Amerika hat kein Geld mehr für Tipps an Europa
    Die Presse, 02 November 2012

    Clara Marina O'Donnell, die am Centre for European Reform forscht, erinnert daran, dass weiterhin fast jeder zweite US-Soldat im Ausland auf europäischem Boden stationiert sein wird (das sind rund 70.000).

  • UK's euro-bashing starts to wear on Brussels
    The Wall Street Journal, 02 November 2012

    Hugo Brady from the CER, believes that in the end pragmatism will prevail, and other states and the commission will want to avoid excluding a large country like the UK, which is home to many other EU nationals.

  • EU spending policies create dissent in UK
    USA Today, 01 November 2012

    "It's in Britain's interests to compromise but it is awkward politically for the government, as it is with many governments having to cut spending at home but being called to increase spending in Europe," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER.

  • Europe still favours Obama despite disappointments
    Agence France Presse, 31 October 2012

    "Regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, the eurozone crisis will be a source of major US concern," Clara Marina O'Donnell of the CER said in a recent article. Obama and his officials have identified the debt crisis as "their biggest frustation with Europe.

  • EU budget: What Britain pays and where it goes
    Channel 4 News, 31 October 2012

    Philip Whyte of the CER told Channel 4 News that despite an overly complicated structure, reducing the UK's contribution would not result in a more efficient EU budget: "They are right that the structure is crazy. There is a huge appetite for reform of that, but cutting the budget will not help."

  • Budget européen : désaveu majeur pour Cameron
    Les Echos, 31 October 2012

    Charles Grant, un spécialiste de ces questions du CER, estime cependant que le Royaume-Uni pourrait continuer à prospérer en Europe même s'il n'appartient pas à la zone euro. Pour cela, il doit cependant se trouver des amis et des alliés pour influencer les décisions de Bruxelles, a-t-il expliqué dans un point de vue au Financial Times.

  • Wrangling over Europe’s budget gets under way
    The New York Times, 30 October 2012

    "The politics of the EU budget are always nasty, but they may be nastier this time partly because of Mr Cameron trying to be Mrs Thatcher," said Stephen Tindale, an associate fellow at the CER in London.

  • Britain on slippery slope towards EU referendum
    Gulf Times, 26 October 2012

    "Cameron held the line quite well in the first 18 months of government. But now he is out of his depth," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.

  • Britain's opt-out on EU police and crime laws raises eyebrows
    EurActiv, 26 October 2012

    The CER, warned the decision would have "major implications" for Britain's security. "If Britain uses this 'block opt-out', it will lose access to a raft of cross-border agreements and databases designed to help EU countries maintain security," Hugo Brady of the CER, said in a recent policy paper.