Britain & the EU
CER podcast: Five questions on the economic implications of a Brexit for the EU
13 May 2016
In the second episode of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Simon Tilford explains the economic consequences for the EU.
Preparations for a Brexit III: Views from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Poland, and Portugal
06 May 2016
LSE blog
If Britain votes to leave the EU it will have to negotiate its exit and a new post-withdrawal relationship with the EU, one that will have to be agreed by the remaining 27 EU member states and the European Parliament.
CER podcast: Five questions on the implications of a Brexit for the EU
04 May 2016
In the first of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Sophia Besch talks to CER's director of foreign policy Ian Bond.
Seven reasons Brexiteers are wrong to think EU exit negotiations would be easy
29 April 2016
City A.M
Some eurosceptics think that Brexit negotiations would be a piece of cake. But if Britain decides to leave the EU, it will have no choice but to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
Brexit would be a victory for xenophobes, we must not turn back the clock
29 April 2016
The Telegraph
Britain's EU referendum will be a vote on immigration. The out camp know that voters are aware of the economic and political risks of Brexit, but hope that their resentment of "uncontrolled" immigration from the EU will trump these concerns.
Duncan Smith's free movement fig-leaf
28 April 2016
Prospect
Brexiteers, after a difficult start to the campaign, are trying to push the EU debate onto immigration.
Der "Gottvater" und der Brexit: Joschka Fischer geht auf die Knie
28 April 2016
N-TV
Ex-Außenminister Joschka Fischer zeigt sich ungewohnt demütig. Vielleicht weil es um eine Herzensangelegenheit geht, um Europa. Dem Staatenverbund droht der Brexit. Es steht viel auf dem Spiel.
Es ist, als sei er nie weggewesen: Joschka Fischer, der "Gottvater", wie er auch im Auswärtigen Amt augenzwinkernd genannt wurde. Er ist zu...
Es ist, als sei er nie weggewesen: Joschka Fischer, der "Gottvater", wie er auch im Auswärtigen Amt augenzwinkernd genannt wurde. Er ist zu...
Audio recording of the 'Economists on Brexit' debate
22 April 2016
Listen to our lively debate on the motion: 'Leaving the EU would damage Britain's economy'.
The EU will play hardball with post-Brexit Britain
19 April 2016
The Telegraph
Post Brexit Britain will look back ruefully at its past privileges – inside the single market, but outside the eurozone – and wonder what possessed it to give them up.
Bloomberg "The Pulse": Dutch snub EU in referendum
07 April 2016
Dutch voters rebelled against a treaty between the European Union and Ukraine in a referendum on Wednesday, albeit on low turnout that fell short of the stampede that anti-EU campaigners hoped for.
La pregunta es qué obtiene el Reino Unido alejándose de Europa
13 March 2016
La Voz de Galicia
Simon Tilford es subdirector del Centro para la Reforma Europea en Londres. Al reflexionar sobre el referendo de permanencia del Reino Unido en la Unión Europea pone énfasis en la importancia de que el 23 de junio vayan a votar los jóvenes, más favorables a Bruselas.
ABC Rear Vision: Brexit and the referendum on EU membership
13 March 2016
Ian Bond talks to with Annabelle Quince and Keri Phillips of ABC Rear Vision about Brexit and the referendum on EU membership.
Euranet: Threat of exits from EU
05 March 2016
If Brussels does not agree to pass on to France more sovereignty in border protection or budget policy, the FN is likely to organize a referendum on leaving the EU. This kind of political blackmail may even be effective and Brussels’ influence on member-states is limited, comments Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, an expert of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU. (audio in Polish)
France 24: Franco-British summit
03 March 2016
Ian Bond speaks to France 24 about David Cameron's visit to France for the UK-France Summit
The idea of buccaneer Britain trading freely outside the EU is a fantasy
02 March 2016
The Telegraph
We will always want to trade with Europe, because it's rich and close. The only question is the terms on which we will do so.
BBC World News: EU migrant crisis
25 February 2016
Ian Bond talks to BBC World News on Europe's migrants crisis.
BBC World News: EU reform deal
20 February 2016
Charles Grant talks to BBC World News on David Cameron's new EU reform deal.
Cameron’s compromise
20 February 2016
Prospect
The PM's best bet now is to move the EU debate onto grander issues.
Share Radio: Investment Perspectives
19 February 2016
"The trouble is a lot of smaller countries who don't usually set the agenda see the EU summit as a chance to push their interests" says Charles Grant.
ABC Radio: Cameron's deal for UK
19 February 2016
Ian Bond talks to ABC Radio Australia on a possible deal for David Cameron at the EU Summit.