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Britian's migration delusion, by Hugo Brady

Prospect, 26 June 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”.
UK has cut too deeply, but don't misread Greece's hardship, by Simon Tilford

Financial Times, 26 June 2013

From Mr Simon Tilford.
Sir, The UK Treasury may well be guilty of many of the failings Philip Stephens attributes to it (“The best spending cut of all? Shut down the Treasury”, June 24).
Commentary on Irene Finel-Honigman's article: And the key question is whether a stronger eurozone will split the EU apart, by Philip Whyte

Europe's world, 20 June 2013

The friction between what Irene Finel-Honigman calls "economic rationale" and "political will" has been the driving force behind European integration.
How to reduce the EU's democratic deficit, by Charles Grant

The Guardian, 10 June 2013

The European Union has long suffered from a lack of legitimacy, but the euro crisis has worsened the problem. There is no silver bullet that can suddenly make the EU respected, admired or even popular among many Europeans.
The EU's Court of Auditors: Europe's sleeping giant?, by Hugo Brady

E!Sharp, 28 May 2013

Veteran EU watchers consider the Union's budget as unreformable: a ritualistic doling out of public money into the pockets of farmers, MEP's expense accounts and the salaries of EU officials.
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.

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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