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Why Europe should embrace Turkey
by Katinka Barysch, Steven Everts and Heather Grabbe, September 2005

A majority of voters in the EU, and many politicians, oppose Turkish accession. The essays in this report examine the fears concerning Turkey's membership and argue that many of them are misplaced. The authors consider the geo-strategic and economic consequences of Turkey joining the EU. They explain the accession process and advise the Turks on how to conduct the negotiations.

Katinka Barysch is chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.

Steven Everts and Heather Grabbe used to work at the CER and now work, respectively, for High Representative Javier Solana and Commissioner Olli Rehn.

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Embracing the dragon:
The EU's partnership with China
by Katinka Barysch, with Charles Grant and
Mark Leonard, May 2005

The EU is now China's biggest trading partner. European companies are ploughing billions of euro into the booming Chinese market. The EU offers Beijing help in areas such as fighting pollution and writing better laws. Both China and the EU back a strong United Nations and they are wary of US hegemony. But there are also profound differences, which - unless addressed - could hold back plans to build a 'strategic partnership'.

Katinka Barysch is the chief economist,
Charles Grant is the director and Mark Leonard is director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform.

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The Lisbon scorecard V:
Can Europe compete?
by Alasdair Murray and Aurore Wanlin,
March 2005

The EU is half-way through its ten year programme of economic reform, the 'Lisbon agenda'. The EU is unlikely to achieve its goal of becoming the world's most competitive and dynamic economy by 2010. But the EU can be proud of unsung successes in areas like pension reforms and the liberalisation of telecoms and energy markets. This report, the CER's fifth Lisbon scorecard, provides a comprehensive assessment of the EU's progress – highlighting the heroes and villains of the reform process.

Alasdair Murray is deputy director and
Aurore Wanlin is a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform.

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What happens if Britain votes No?:
Ten ways out of a constitutional crisis
by Charles Grant, February 2005

If the rest of the EU adopts the constitutional treaty but the British vote against it, the Union faces crisis and instability. Charles Grant looks at what may happen next. Would there be a second referendum, or an attempt to renegotiate the treaties? Would the other countries try to push ahead with the constitutional treaty, excluding Britain from the EU? Or would France and Germany try to establish a 'core Europe?' Grant concludes that the most likely outcome would be a 'messy core', with Britain outside the leading group of EU countries.

Charles Grant is the director of the Centre for European Reform.

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