Opinion pieces

  • Britain could reshape Europe if it would only try, by Charles Grant
    Financial Times, 14 May 2013

    Is there any point in Britain staying in the EU if it is outside the euro? No, according to increasing numbers of  British eurosceptics  and European federalists.

  • Der er et Europa for enden af tunnelen, by Katinka Barysch
    Politiko, 03 May 2013

    Den nuværende krise og sprækkerne i eurozonen kan resultere i et styrket Europa. Unionsprojektet er allerede i gang med at gennemgå et nødvendigt realitetstjek, mener vicepræsident Katinka Barysch fra anerkendt Europa-tænketank.

  • Thatcher's legacy to Europe, by Charles Grant
    World Economic Forum ForumBlog, 12 April 2013

    Margaret Thatcher became a totem for Britain's eurosceptics. And it is true that in her final years in office – and even more after she left it – she became virulently eurosceptic.

  • Is David Cameron Margaret Thatcher’s heir on Europe?, by Charles Grant
    Carnegie Europe, 09 April 2013

    Not at all. David Cameron sees the EU very differently to Margaret Thatcher. For a start, when Thatcher was prime minister she was strongly opposed to referendums on the EU.

  • The Brussels backroom deal that will live in infamy, by Hugo Brady
    Carnegie Europe, 01 April 2013

    The decision to establish a third official seat of the European Parliament (EP) in Dresden, quietly announced on Friday afternoon, when most observers and journalists had already left Brussels to head home for Easter, is a classic example of EU horse-trading. It is also epitomises everything that is wrong with Brussels.

  • Cyprus needs to tax Russian deposit holders, by Katinka Barysch
    The Guardian, 22 March 2013

    It's the best solution to banking crisis in Cyprus. It would alienate Moscow, but bring greater EU support
    The Cypriot parliament has rejected the initial bailout proposed by the eurozone countries and the IMF.

  • The EU battle Cameron could win, by Katinka Barysch
    Prospect, 20 March 2013

    In his big European speech on 23rd January, David Cameron said he wanted radical reform of the European Union or, failing that, a series of unilateral opt-outs.

  • Britain should abandon hope of a revival in EU demand, by Simon Tilford
    The Guardian, 04 February 2013

    The British government's attempt to rebalance the UK economy has failed. In 2012, the deficit on the country's current account (the broadest measure of foreign trade) was larger than in any year since 1990.