Opinion pieces

Integrating the EU defence market: An easy way to soften the impact of military spending cuts?, by Clara Marina O'Donnell

Institute for Security Studies, 12 July 2012

As many European countries introduce their biggest defence budget cuts in years, they have been exploring ways to limit the impact on their armed forces.
What now after 'seismic shift'?, by Hugo Brady

The Sunday Business Post, 01 July 2012

The prospect of an agreement to ease Ireland's debt burden has been boosted by the EU bank deal, but a lot of things still have to go right, writes Hugo Brady of the Centre for European Reform.
Cameron's next European 'faux-pas', by Hugo Brady

E!Sharp, 26 June 2012

Britain is now mulling an important decision which, despite being fiddly and legalistic, has profound implications for its own security and for Europe.
Only a Franco-German bargain can save the euro, by Charles Grant

The Guardian, 25 June 2012

Merkel and Hollande don't trust each other, but they must find a way of working together – and the markets may not wait long.
'One blood and one destiny?' Yemen's relations with the Gulf Co-operation Council, by Edward Burke

London School of Economics & Political Science, 20 June 2012

For years Yemen has been the poor, neglected relation of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Long-promised aid commitments from the GCC have not materialized because of concerns over Yemeni absorption capacity.
Eurozone crisis: What steps should be taken to move forward?, by Simon Tilford

The Voice of Russia, 20 June 2012

Interview with Simon Tilford – chief economist at the Centre for European Reform coming to us all the way from London.
O efeito dominó que ameaça a Espanha e a zona do euro, by Simon Tilford

Carta Maior, 19 June 2012

Em entrevista à Carta Maior, Simon Tilford, economista chefe do Centre for European Reform, defende a necessidade de uma massiva injeção fiscal na eurozona, sem a qual a Espanha terá que pedir um resgate este ano.
Germans, the euro and the painful truth, by Charles Grant

International Herald Tribune, 12 June 2012

Will the Germans save the euro? Many people within the European Union and further afield are urging Berlin to take bold steps to secure the currency’s future. They have become frustrated by the Germans' apparent inaction.

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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