Opinion pieces

Can the EU deal with its unruly neighbours?, by Daniel Keohane

European Voice, 21 December 2006

What future security and defence challenges should the EU prepare for?
Europe should be worried about the spread of weapons-of-mass-destruction (WMD), failing states and terrorism. In fact it already is.
Europe must do more to embrace its neighbours, by Charles Grant

Financial Times, 12 December 2006

The enlargement of the European Union has lost momentum. Bulgaria and Romania will enter the EU in January, but there is then likely to be a long gap before any other country joins.
Turkey and the European Union: Don’t despair, by Katinka Barysch

Open democracy, 27 November 2006

The accession of Turkey to the European Union is beset by troubles. It needn’t be if both sides concentrate on the positives, the big picture and the long term, says Katinka Barysch.
Failed EU entrance could mean stronger ties to Russia, by Charles Grant, Katinka Barysch

Zaman online, 26 November 2006

According to a British think-tank, the Centre for European Reform (CER), if EU membership negotiations were postponed, Turkey would look for a new alliance, perhaps in Russia.
Europe-Amérique: un dialogue possible malgré les divergences, by Katinka Barysch

Les Temps, 14 November 2006

Sur l'Irak en particulier, la discussion peut reprendre, mais les divergences subsistent.
Donald Rumsfeld parti, les fractures causées en Europe par le conflit irakien vont-elles perdurer? Et le dialogue transatlantique va-t-il se normaliser?
What to do about Russia?, by Charles Grant

The Guardian, 22 October 2006

Perhaps the most important challenge for EU foreign policy is to develop a more unified approach to Russia. The EU member-states have very similar interests in Russia.
How to ensure the eurozone does not unravel, by Simon Tilford

Financial Times, 04 October 2006

The euro has to be a success if Europe is to flourish. Unfortunately, diverging trends in competitiveness within the eurozone threaten its stability.
Slow reform could bust up eurozone, by Simon Tilford

Business Week, 19 September 2006

The eurozone risks breaking up in the near future putting the entire EU single market into jeopardy unless member states – particularly Italy - undertake crucial economic reforms, according to a new report.

Le Temps

13 February 2013

"C’est bien là la cause de toutes les difficultés qu’auront ensuite la Grande-Bretagne et l’Europe à accorder leurs violons", estime Simon Tilford, chef économiste du CER, basé à Londres.

Minimum wage in Europe offers ammunition in US debate

The New York Times

13 February 2013

"The impact on growth from changes in the minimum wage comes down to the level at which it is set," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER in London

US-EU trade deal faces cultural hurdles

Marketplace

13 February 2013

Simon Tilford of the CER claims the two sides will struggle to open their markets fully to each other’s farm produce. "When they get down to the nitty-gritty, it’s possible that the negotiations will founder on some of the cultural differences between the EU and the US over things such as genetically modified food," says Tilford.

Growing chorus at home urges UK to break with Brussels

Global Finance

12 February 2013

"A referendum looks almost inevitable now but the timeframe is uncertain," says Katinka Barysch, deputy director of the CER in London. She says the debate is already having a negative economic impact: Investors are getting nervous.

EU claims that crisis is over, premature analysts claim video icon

Voice of America

11 February 2013

“Politics is one of the black swans of the eurozone this year. In Italy we could have political uncertainty, perhaps the return of Silvio Berlusconi. In Spain, we don’t know where the current scandal surrounding the prime minister will go", said Philip Whyte, of the CER

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