Publications

  • The Microsoft appeal: The Commission was right
    The Microsoft appeal: The Commission was right
    Insight by Simon Tilford
    13 September 2007

    On September 17th the European Union’s Court of First Appeal will rule on Microsoft’s long-awaited appeal against the record fine imposed on the company by the Commission in 2004 for abusing its dominant position in computer operating systems.
  • Sarkozy on America and the world
    Sarkozy on America and the world
    Insight by Tomas Valasek
    29 August 2007

    In his first 100 days in the office, Nicolas Sarkozy turned France’s domestic political scene on its head. He trounced and marginalised the far-right National Front in the May presidential elections.
  • Poland’s poll and the EU treaty
    Poland’s poll and the EU treaty
    Insight by Katinka Barysch
    24 August 2007

    Poland’s early election may coincide with the last days of talks on the new EU Reform Treaty. Although the Kaczynskis are unlikely to reopen a deal agreed in June on the treaty's content, last minute political posturing for a home audience could delay the text being signed off.
  • Europe in the US-UK special relationship
    Europe in the US-UK special relationship
    Insight by Tomas Valasek
    02 August 2007

    Gordon Brown scarcely mentioned Europe during his visit to the United States, certainly much less than Tony Blair used to. That is understandable.
  • Bulletin issue 55
    Issue 55 August/September 2007
    27 July 2007
  • Where next for Turkey?
    Where next for Turkey?
    Insight by Charles Grant,
    24 July 2007

    Some of Turkey’s critics say that it has no place in the EU because it is not a European country. Others criticise the quality of its democracy.
  • Russia, realism and EU unity
    Russia, realism and EU unity
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch
    20 July 2007

    The Litvinenko murder case is only one of a growing number of disputes between the Kremlin and EU countries. But the EU has been slow to reassess its relations with a more autocratic and assertive Russia. Divisions within the EU have not helped.
  • Of mice, men and the language of EU reform thumbnail
    Of mice, men and the language of EU reform
    Insight by Hugo Brady
    18 July 2007

    Beware the humourless, especially in politics. At a CER/Clifford Chance conference last week, Guiliano Amato, Italy’s interior minister, pronounced that the Reform Treaty was a return to familiar territory for the EU: an unreadable treaty.