Opinion pieces

Continuidad o cambio en Alemania?, by Charles Grant

ESglobal, 12 September 2013

Independientemente de lo que voten los alemanes el 22 de septiembre, la actitud de Berlín respecto a la UE no va a cambiar gran cosa.
Ragadós lesz-e a brit minta nálunk?, by Charles Grant

Alapblog [Hungary], 10 September 2013

Lengyelországban és Magyarországon sokkal inkább hasonlít az európai unióban kételkedők, a nacionalisták érvelése Putyinéhoz, mint a brit konzervatívokéhoz.
The Tories' political cul-de-sac on EU migration, by Hugo Brady

E!Sharp, 08 August 2013

Right from the start, EU immigration was the glaringly obvious hole in David Cameron’s pledge to "reduce net immigration into the UK from the hundreds to the tens of thousands".
Helpt Nederland Cameron bij de hervorming van de EU, by Rem Korteweg

Trouw, 02 August 2013

David Cameron zoekt bondgenoten om de Europese Unie terug in het hok te duwen. Hij rekent daarbij op Nederland, de traditionele wapenbroeder als het gaat om tegenwicht aan Brussel of de Duits-Franse as.
Esperanzas y obstáculos en Myanmar, by Katinka Barysch

ESglobal, 01 August 2013

Myanmar (antigua Birmania) tiene por delante un largo y difícil camino hasta alcanzar la estabilidad política, la democracia y el desarrollo económico. La esperanza es que Aung San Suu Kyi sea capaz de unir a la nación y encabezar las reformas necesarias tras las elecciones de 2015.
Navalny's sentence will influence the Russian economy, by Charles Grant

Valdai Club, 19 July 2013

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger was released from custody on Friday. Member of the Valdai discussion club Charles Grant discusses the new turn in the matter.
The European Investment Bank's new screening and assessment criteria for energy projects, by Stephen Tindale

, 17 July 2013

The European Investment Bank's new screening and assessment criteria for energy projects is welcomed as a significant step forward in moving the European Union to becoming a low carbon economy while generating sustainable growth and jobs.
Politexperte Hugo Brady: «Ich halte nicht viel von Untergangspropheten», by Hugo Brady

Migros Magazin, 15 July 2013

Wohin steuert Europa? Ist das Modell EU überhaupt reformierbar? Das Migros-Magazin hat Hugo Brady, einen der ausgewiesensten Spezialisten in Sachen Europa, gefragt. Der Ire über Reformen in Zeiten der Krise und über die Schweiz als Vorbild der Grossen im Staatenbund.

France-Allemagne, deux conceptions de la puissance

Le Monde

15 September 2013

Pour Charles Grant, du Centre for European Reform, à Londres, "l'Allemagne est le grand problème" de la politique européenne de sécurité, car soit elle reste soit neutre, soit elle défend ses propres intérêts.

Royal Mail sell-off leaves Postman Pat confused

Financial Times

12 September 2013

The missing bit of the narrative is the role played by allies of the UK. The latter-day Bluchers vital to the defeat of a Tobin tax were German industrialists, according to Simon Tilford of the Centre for European Reform.

German elections 2013: 'Do as we do' will remain the message to Europe

The Guardian

10 September 2013

"However the Germans vote on 22 September, Berlin's attitude to the EU is not going to change much," Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, wrote this week. Most analysts agree.

Has Berlusconi finally run out of political lives?

The New York Times

08 September 2013

"It could potentially be very significant," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform in London. "Political instability in Italy is more of a concern than in Spain, Portugal or Greece."

Syria crisis reveals new paradigm

The New York Times

05 September 2013

The vote in Parliament "could turn out to be the signal for a strategic shift in favor of insularity," said Ian Bond, a foreign policy specialist at the CER. British lawmakers risked "sending the message that in the future the UK will be content to stay on the sidelines, regardless of what is happening in distant lands."

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